The latest Clinical Practice Guideline from the ACC and the American Heart Association (AHA) and 11 other societies provides updated recommendations for clinicians on the prevention, detection, ...

Persistent symptoms after an acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may indicate post-pulmonary embolism syndrome (PPES), a condition affecting up to 50% of patients. The most important consideration in ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed updated values to the PCI family of codes in the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS), following revisions made by the ...

The HELP-PCI trial showed that in patients with STEMI, early administration of unfractionated heparin at first medical contact led to improved culprit artery TIMI flow before PCI but did not reduce ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin did not lower the risk of a first hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or death from any cause among patients with an increased risk for HF following acute ...

View a comprehensive list of frequently asked questions regarding ACC’s committee appointment process and application portal.

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at whether compression stockings reduce vasovagal syncope recurrence. He then discusses new concise clinical guidance that addresses the evaluation and management ...

A newly released ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) focused on the clinical assessment, management and trajectory of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) includes revisions to the ...

The ACC has issued guidance for the diagnosis and management of acute myocarditis in adult patients, delivering a streamlined decision-making framework that reflects recent advancements in clinical ...

Epidemiology of Hypertension in Older Adults Hypertension is one of the primary modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular (CV) disease and its prevalence and severity both increase with age.

Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) is a low-density lipoprotein–like molecule with an apolipoprotein (b) moiety that is covalently attached to apolipoprotein (a) (Apo [a]), a plasminogen-like protein that ...

Monica M. Colvin, MDAuthors: Heidenreich PA, Bozkurt B, Aguilar D, et al. Citation: 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of ...