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

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Heart Disease Network Selects Mast Therapeutics’ AIR001 for Evaluation in Clinical Trial

The Heart Failure Clinical Research Network (HFN), a group of prestigious clinical centers located across North America, has selected Mast Therapeutics’ product AIR001 for evaluation in the Phase 2 clinical ... Read more

February 3, 2016February 10, 2016

AstraZeneca Awards Grants to 11 Community Heart Health Programs

AstraZeneca HealthCare Foundation’s Connections for Cardiovascular Health program awarded $1.9 million dollars in grant funding to eleven community-based programs focusing on cardiovascular health. The grant recipients will discuss their community programs in a series ... Read more

January 27, 2016January 27, 2016

New Weapon Against Cardiovascular Disease Launched in Canada

AngioDefender, developed by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Everist Health, was launched in Canada just in time for Heart Month in February. The integrated diagnostic device combines electronic sensor technology with a software ... Read more

January 20, 2016February 10, 2016

Implanted Cardiac Defibrillators Decrease Heart Failure Risk in Women

In a new study, researchers demonstrated that the use of primary prevention implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) is associated with improved survival rates and decreased risk of death in women as ... Read more

January 14, 2016January 14, 2016

New Medical Specialty Would Treat Cancer Patients for Future Risk of Heart Disease

After reviewing results from a study suggesting that cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy and radiation therapies have a higher risk of suffering heart disease later in life, a leading cardiologist, Dr. Cindy L. ... Read more

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016

Omron Healthcare Previews New Heart Health Devices at Consumer Electronics Show

Omron Healthcare, which has been making digital blood pressure monitors for nearly 40 years, unveiled two new devices at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month. The company, ... Read more

November 9, 2015November 10, 2015

Heart Failure Treatment Sees Future in Electronic Monitoring Devices

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide. The National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine observes that congestive heart failure (HF) has ... Read more

September 28, 2015October 6, 2015

Researchers Report Link Between Complications During Pregnancy and Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Death

Researchers from the Child Health and Development Studies at the Public Health Institute in Berkley, California recently published the results of a large-scale study, titled “Pregnancy Complications and Cardiovascular Disease ... Read more

September 25, 2015October 6, 2015

Novartis’ Entresto Heart Failure Treatment Closer to European Approval

Novartis recently announced that Entresto (sacubitril/valsartan) has received a positive opinion from the European Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP). The decision is an important step in Entresto becoming available ... Read more

September 23, 2015October 6, 2015

Beet Juice Found to Improve Muscle Strength in Patients with Heart Failure

A study recently published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure, conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, revealed that drinking concentrated beet juice high in ... Read more

September 21, 2015October 6, 2015

First FDA-Approved Pioneering Heart Surgery Based on Matrix Therapy Found To Be Successful

When a person suffers a heart attack, the heart tissue becomes damaged, scarred and the organ can lose its ability to function properly. There is currently no treatment to fix ... Read more

September 18, 2015October 6, 2015

MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital Researchers Develop Personalized Heart Models for Surgical Planning

In a collaboration between the MIT and the Boston Children’s Hospital, researchers were able to develop a new system capable of taking magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the heart ... 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