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New guidance on diagnosing and managing heart failure during pregnancy and postpartum
Prepregnancy counseling, assembling multidisciplinary care teams, and referring to centers with expertise are critical in managing pregnant patients with heart... Read more -
Guidelines issued for vaccination as part of cardiovascular care
In an expert consensus statement issued by the American College of Cardiology and published online Aug. 26 in the Journal... Read more -
Molecular mapping method enables researchers to investigate the cause of heart diseases
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have developed a method that allows for the analysis of thousands of proteins in... Read more -
Continuation and selection of antihypertensives before and after non-cardiac surgery could reduce risks
Continuing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers before non-cardiac surgery is linked to a reduced risk of postoperative... Read more -
Study reveals unexpected biomarker that may identify cardiovascular disease
When University of Texas at Arlington researcher Paul J. Fadel and his colleagues launched a study on vascular health in... Read more -
Heart disease risk increases for US immigrants the longer they live in the US
Foreign-born immigrants to the United States have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease than their U.S.-born counterparts; however, that advantage... Read more -
Virtual reality found to reduce anxiety in patients undergoing interventional cardiovascular procedure
Patients undergoing coronary angiography often experience anxiety both before and during the procedure, often treated by the administration of anti-anxiety... Read more -
Why exercise could actually save your heartbeats—not waste them
Forget the myth that exercise uses up your heartbeats. New Australian research shows fitter people use far fewer total heartbeats... Read more -
Older adults with prediabetes and less education face higher cardiovascular complication risk
It's estimated that nearly half of adults aged 65 and older are living with prediabetes, a condition that predisposes them... Read more -
New stent has potential to lower thrombosis risk
Around half a million stents are implanted in Germany every year to treat narrowing of the blood vessels, a consequence... Read more -
Ignore cholesterol until middle age? Here's why that's a bad idea
Heather Bowers doesn't recall all the details of her first cholesterol screening. It was at a college health fair two... Read more -
Increased aerobic fitness in adolescent athletes is linked to poorly understood abnormal cardiovascular changes
Adolescent athletes' cardiovascular system may adapt to increased cardiorespiratory fitness by increasing blood pressure, arterial stiffness and heart growth, a... Read more -
Is your leg pain actually PAD? Watch for these warning signs
Sometimes, aches and pains get dismissed as a normal part of getting older. In the case of peripheral artery disease,... Read more -
Neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest at home are similar between low- and high-income areas in Vienna
People who have a cardiac arrest in their own homes have similar neurological outcomes regardless of socioeconomic background, according to... Read more -
AI body composition measurements can predict cardiometabolic risk
Adiposity—or the accumulation of excess fat in the body—is a known driver of cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, stroke,... Read more
