Drinking multiple cups of coffee each day may decrease a person's risk of heart disease, heart failure and stroke. However, too much caffeine can still cause issues.

In most cases, the issue should not cause harm. However, patients with a patent foramen ovale or other right-to-left shunts may face an increased risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Thanks to updated guidelines published in March, an additional 21.5 million adults between the ages of 30 and 79 are now eligible for statins. Researchers did emphasize that lifestyle changes are another effective way to reduce ASCVD risk. 

In addition to launching Heartflow Plaque Staging, the company also shared new data at SCCT2026 highlighting the importance of using total plaque volume assessments to diagnose and manage heart patients. 

Back in June, CMS proposed significant updates to its current TAVR policies. Three leading healthcare societies have now joined forces to share their own perspective on the potential updates. 

Listen in to an expert-led discussion of the ALERT Trial and the impact of electronic clinician notifications (ECNs) on the timely treatment of patients with valvular heart disease. While it is estimated that half of patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis do not receive timely interventions, the ALERT Trial quantified the impact of clinician alerts in addressing this care gap.

When patients take semaglutide, you can't necessarily predict the cardiovascular impact by tracking weight loss. A lot of it appears to comes down to the dose. 

Cardiologists and vascular surgeons were previously told they could still use the device if necessary. Now, however, the message is that they should return the product to the manufacturer.

These incidents became much more common after the FDA started approving GLP-1 drugs for chronic weight management in 2021. 

The recall includes a total of nearly 45,000 devices that should be returned to the manufacturer.

The AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis was designed to help clinicians treat DeBakey Type 1 dissections complicated by malperfusion. It works as a complement to hemiarch replacement, preserving the native arch and making reinterventions possible if needed. 

Like the emergency physicians they work alongside, ER nurses experience moral distress in substantial numbers and multifaceted ways, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

New research suggests that these tiny synthetic pollutants can be visualized on exams, potentially complicating interpretations for radiologists.