Cardiovascular medications frequently lead the polypharmacy category, often contributing to adverse clinical outcomes, and the most vulnerable among us are often prescribed the most complex regimens.

Secondary prevention medications for cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are underused globally and additional strategies to increase their use are needed to improve CVD management and reduce premature ...

A lower treatment threshold of ≥130/80 mm Hg was associated with reduced postpartum emergency department (ED) visits for a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDOP), according to a study published in ...

Patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, compared with those without, had a higher incidence of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a study of 5.5 million Danish citizens in 2010, ...

Among patients with takotsubo syndrome (TTS), beta-blocker therapy was associated with lower follow-up mortality but not lower TTS recurrence, according to a study published Feb. 5 in JACC: Heart ...

Secondary prevention medications for cardiovascular diseases are underused globally and additional strategies to increase their use are needed to improve management and reduce premature mortality ...

Days alive out of health care and hospitalization (DAoH), a novel measure of outcomes in children undergoing cardiovascular surgery, offers advantages over the traditional outcome measure of days ...

A new multi-society Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) document focuses on cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), specifically implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac ...

In this episode, Drs. Joseph Marine and Rajeev Pathak dive into the ARREST-AF trial and its implications for ablation outcomes in atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients. Listen as they explore the key ...

MedAxiom recently released the 2024 Cardiovascular Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Compensation and Utilization Report, which shows how APP leadership roles are beginning to guide new team-based care ...

All activities are now available on ACC's online course, Navigating Cardiac PET Imaging: Clinical Advantages, Barriers and Cutting-Edge Applications. The free course includes eight lessons that review ...

ACC Chief Innovation Officer Ami B. Bhatt, MD, FACC, joined "The Digital Healthcare Experience" podcast for a discussion covering how artificial intelligence (AI) and clinicians can partner to enhance ...