About 50% of U.S. adults will develop high BP during their lifetime. High BP is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. The overarching BP ...

According to the ACC/American Heart Association (AHA) guideline, all adults should undergo cholesterol screening to help assess long-term cardiovascular risk. 5,6 Serum LDL-C levels <100 mg/dL are ...

As the new year begins, the landscape of cardiovascular medicine is undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by groundbreaking technologies and innovative approaches that promise to ...

Sleep is a critical physiological process that allows the body to rest, repair and rejuvenate and it has profound implications for systemic health, particularly the cardiovascular system. Along with ...

The proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) includes a proposal to reduce the physician work relative value unit (RVU) for performing a left atrial appendage closure procedure (LAAO) from ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) final rule, updating the PFS conversion factor from $32.3465 to $33.5675 for qualifying ...

The 2023 European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) hypertension guidelines both emphasize proper blood pressure (BP) ...

Among patients with severe left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and severe coronary heart disease undergoing complex PCI, elective LV unloading with a microaxial flow pump did not reduce the risk of ...

A robust body of observational and Mendelian randomization data establishes a causal relationship between elevated Lp(a) and ASCVD, ischemic stroke and calcific aortic valve stenosis (CAVS). 3 A ...

The incidence and prevalence of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is increasing, along with the aging population and the ongoing rise in risk factors such as hypertension, ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) and Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System final rule. CMS has ...

Spironolactone, an aldosterone blocker, compared with placebo, did not show any significant improvement in terms of heart failure (HF) hospitalizations and cardiovascular death at 24 months in ...