Discover cutting-edge insights in sports cardiology at Care of the Athletic Heart, taking place June 12 – 14, 2025, in Washington, DC, or virtually! Plan to join Course Chairs Meagan Wasfy, MD, MPH, ...

Mastering chronic total occlusions PCI: Unpack the data, indications, best practices and controversies in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, with a focus on Veterans Health Administration ...

For patients with intermediate or high pretest probability or a positive D-dimer, a contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) angiography is indicated.

The 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol was a welcome update from the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular ...

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 confers ...

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report ...

Standard lipid testing, represented by total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides, is a well-established platform ...

Evidence-based beta-blockers should be used: carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, and bisoprolol. These medications can sometimes cause fatigue and reductions in heart rate or blood pressure, emphasizing ...

Tiny fragments of plastic have become ubiquitous in our environment and our bodies. Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a ...

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: ...

Many of the nation’s most prominent cardiovascular organizations, representing tens of thousands of physicians, unite today to pursue the creation of a new Board for cardiovascular medicine. The ...

Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the ...