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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long-term melatonin use for insomnia was associated with a higher hazard of heart failure (HF), an increase in HF hospitalizations and a doubling of all-cause mortality over five years, according to a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

US and international guidelines advocate for the achievement of very low levels of LDL-C, particularly for individuals at highest risk. The concerns about stroke and cognitive issues with very low LDL ...

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) ...

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 ...