December 30, 2016August 24, 2022
Higher BMI Not a Risk Factor for Heart Attacks Among Identical Twins

Higher body mass index (BMI) does not increase the risk of heart attacks or death, but increases the risk of ... Read more
August 10, 2016August 10, 2016
AHA Launches New Campaign to Reduce Repeat Heart Attacks

The American Heart Association (AHA), with help from heart attack survivor Julie Kubala, of Superior, Wis., is launching a new educational campaign to ... Read more
July 28, 2016July 28, 2016
Program for Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes Announces Participants

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced 516 awardees for a new program called the Million Hearts® ... Read more
July 20, 2016July 20, 2016
10 Major Risk Factors for Stroke Can Be Modified, Researchers Report

A new study called INTERSTROKE revealed that 10 modifiable risk factors account for 90 percent of strokes globally, with hypertension listed as ... Read more
July 13, 2016July 13, 2016
FDA Approves First Biodegradable, Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the first fully absorbable stent for treating coronary artery disease. The Absorb ... Read more
July 6, 2016July 7, 2016
Persistent Elevated Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk

A recent study showed that pregnant women who have persistent elevations in blood pressure may be at risk for developing metabolic ... Read more
June 29, 2016June 29, 2016
Virtual Heart Model To Help Study New Cardiovascular Therapies

A research team at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) developed a detailed computer model that reveals how electrical ... Read more
June 22, 2016June 22, 2016
Risk of Heart Attack May Be Predicted by Blood Levels of Specific Antibodies, British Study Shows

Researchers at the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London recently showed that high amounts of IgG and ... Read more
June 15, 2016June 15, 2016
Researchers Discover Factor Linked to Liver Cholesterol Release, a Possible Cause of Heart Disease

Researchers at the University of Central Florida recently identified a small protein that is crucial for the release of very low ... Read more
June 9, 2016June 9, 2016
Migraine Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

The link between migraine and incidents of cardiovascular disease and related mortality in women was recently assessed in a study ... Read more
May 25, 2016May 25, 2016
Coronary Microvascular Disease in Women to be Studied at UTA with $308,000 Grant

Michael Nelson, assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) has been awarded a four-year $308,000 grant ... Read more
May 18, 2016May 18, 2016
EuroPCR 2016: EAPCI Courses Pumped With Innovative Interventional Cardiovascular News

The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), is meeting ... Read more

May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

Human Heart Cells React to Tobacco Smoke and E-cigarette Vapor Differently, Study Shows

A new study from researchers at the University of Bristol’s Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC IEU) revealed that there are significant differences in how the human heart reacts to e-cigarette ... Read more

May 4, 2016May 4, 2016

Pfizer Completes Enrollment in SPIRE-2 Trial for Cardiovascular Therapy Bococizumab

Patient enrollment is complete in Pfizer’s global SPIRE-2 clinical trial, which will be evaluating the efficacy of bococizumab in reducing cardiovascular events, according to a Pfizer announcement. Cardiovascular disease is the ... Read more

April 27, 2016April 27, 2016

Eating More of Healthy Foods, Rather Than Avoiding All Unhealthy Treats, Seen as Goal for Heart Patients

The Mediterranean diet — rich in vegetables, fruits, fish, and unrefined foods — was linked in a study to a lower risk of heart attacks and strokes in people who already suffer from ... Read more

April 21, 2016April 21, 2016

Potential Cell Therapies for Heart Disease Are Focus of Upcoming Issue of ‘Cell Transplantation’ Journal

A special cardiovascular issue of the journal Cell Transplantation, due to be published later this year, will cover three studies exploring cutting-edge research to treat cardiovascular diseases: transplanted bone marrow-derived ... Read more

April 15, 2016April 21, 2016

FDA Approves First Leadless Pacemaker for Treating Heart Rhythm Disorders

Pacemakers are surgically implanted medical devices that have improved and lengthened the lives of millions of cardiac patients by generating electrical impulses to treat irregular or stalled heartbeats. The U.S. ... Read more

April 7, 2016April 8, 2016

Trial Discontinued in Cholesterol Drug Evacetrapib After it Fails to Reduce Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events

A large Phase 3 clinical trial of the cholesterol drug evacetrapib was discontinued after an analysis showed it did not reduce the rates of major adverse cardiovascular events, despite lowering “bad” cholesterol levels and ... Read more

March 30, 2016March 30, 2016

Cardiovascular Disease Caused by HIV Medications Can Be Prevented, According to Researchers

The World Health Organization (WHO) reports there are currently about 37 million people infected with HIV. Antiviral drugs can control the progression and prevent the manifestation of AIDS, improving the health ... Read more

March 23, 2016March 23, 2016

Battle Against Cardiovascular Disease Gets Boost with $1.9M NIH Grant for Georgia State Biologist

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), awarded a $1.9 million grant to biologist Ming-Hui Zou in the fight against cardiovascular ... Read more

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016

High Coronary Calcium Score May Also Point to Risk of Cancer, Kidney and Lung Disease

A 10-year follow-up study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine reported that an elevated coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, a sign of vascular aging, appears to be an accurate measure of vulnerability ... Read more

March 9, 2016April 21, 2016

Heart Disease in Women Is Focus of Cardiologist’s Study Funded by Heart to Heart Grant

University of Louisville cardiologist Andrew DeFilippis, M.D., MSc, was awarded a $100,000 Heart to Heart Grant from the Alpha Phi Foundation to study cardiovascular disease and identify a potential new biomarker ... Read more

March 2, 2016April 21, 2016

Treating Heart Disease Gets More Precise With 3-D Printing Used by Australian Cardiologists

Doctors and engineers at Australia’s University of Melbourne are harnessing the power of supercomputers to create personalized 3-D models from patients with heart disease, from photos taken by a camera thinner ... Read more

February 17, 2016May 18, 2016

Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease Studied in Prostate Cancer Survivors

Recent research led by physicians at Vanderbilt University Medical Center focused on the risk factors for cardiovascular disease in prostate cancer survivors, as this is the most common non-cancer cause of ... Read more

Higher BMI Not a Risk Factor for Heart Attacks Among Identical Twins

AHA Launches New Campaign to Reduce Repeat Heart Attacks

Program for Preventing Heart Attacks, Strokes Announces Participants

10 Major Risk Factors for Stroke Can Be Modified, Researchers Report

FDA Approves First Biodegradable, Absorbable Stent for Coronary Artery Disease

Persistent Elevated Blood Pressure During Pregnancy Could Pose Cardiovascular Risk

Virtual Heart Model To Help Study New Cardiovascular Therapies

Risk of Heart Attack May Be Predicted by Blood Levels of Specific Antibodies, British Study Shows

Researchers Discover Factor Linked to Liver Cholesterol Release, a Possible Cause of Heart Disease

Migraine Increases Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Study Finds

Coronary Microvascular Disease in Women to be Studied at UTA with $308,000 Grant

EuroPCR 2016: EAPCI Courses Pumped With Innovative Interventional Cardiovascular News