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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on April 15 that Abbott/Thoratec Corp. is recalling the Heartmate II and Heartmate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) due to long-term ...

Introduction and Scope of the Problem The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thromboembolism (DVT), in the United States is unclear because ...

Contact: Olivia Walther, [email protected], WASHINGTON (Dec 11, 2023) - A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, ...

Bempedoic acid is a novel nonstatin drug that inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis in the same pathway as statins. It is administered as a prodrug and is only converted to active drug in the liver and ...

More Than Skin Color: Ethnicity-Specific BMI Cutoffs For Obesity Based on Type 2 Diabetes Risk in England ...

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 ...

Central Illustration: Racial Disparities in Hypertension in a Snapshot. Major factors (red), reasons for worse outcomes (yellow) and future directions for improving disparities in ethnic minorities ...

The following are key points to remember from a new Expert Consensus Decision Pathway document on comprehensive multidisciplinary care for the patient with cardiac amyloidosis: Amyloid cardiomyopathy ...

Influenza places a significant health burden on the US population, resulting in an estimated 140,000-810,000 hospitalizations and 12,000-61,000 deaths annually. 1 Influenza is associated with acute ...

New US Population Study Projects Steep Rise in Cardiovascular Diseases by 2060 CV rates are expected to significantly increase among minorities while decreasing among ...

The following are key points to remember from a 2023 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF): Heart failure with preserved ...