Additional rhythm-control strategies are frequently continued after index ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFib), according to a study published Feb. 12 in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology. One in ...

Cardiovascular care delivered by the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) is equivalent or better than that provided by non-VHA community care, according to a State-of-the-Art Review by the ACC ...

In a contemporary population of patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) treated with tafamidis, long-term mortality was relatively high, according to a multicenter study published ...

Overall cardiovascular hospitalization rates were 1.5-fold higher and income-based disparities were much greater in the U.S. compared with Denmark among patients aged ≥65 years, according to a ...

Restricting sodium content in processed foods reduced blood pressure (BP) in one study and using a salt substitute reduced risks of stroke recurrence and death in another study, both published Feb. 5 ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at cardiac rehabilitation for people with heart failure. He then discusses managing cardiovascular (CV) disease in cancer survivors who have completed cancer ...

A novel causal machine learning algorithm can determine which patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) are more likely to benefit from left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) compared with ...

Studies examining the management of stable patients with an Impella 5.5 on stepdown care, application of innovative technologies to stratify risk and manage heart failure (HF), and more are being ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at tighter blood pressure control in patients who are postpartum. He then discusses beta blocker therapy in patients with Takotsubo syndrome. Finally, Dr. Eagle ...

This Heart Failure (HF) Awareness Week, the ACC acknowledges all sites dedicated to streamlining processes and improving quality of care with ACC's Heart Failure Accreditation. "The outpatient ...

Electrosurgical leaflet laceration and stabilization of the implant (ELASTA-Clip) followed by transapical transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) is a feasible and less invasive option for ...

Patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) at intermediate disease stage were more likely to survive at one year when treated via tricuspid transcatheter edge-to-edge-repair (T-TEER) when ...