Physicians estimate they’ll save 10,000 lives a year if sudden cardiac arrest patients are resuscitated with laryngeal tubes rather than conventional endotracheal intubation, according to a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Late-breaking results from the VISION study, presented early this week at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)’s annual symposium, found nearly three-quarters of patient deaths after noncardiac surgery can be attributed to cardiovascular causes.

A simplified cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) protocol using a contrast agent allowed clinicians in Peru to diagnose heart ailments more quickly and cheaply, a new study found. The results, published online Aug. 29 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, highlight a potential pathway to realizing the benefits of CMR in developing nations.

Preliminary results from a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) poll suggest the best long-term investment medical institutions can make is in their own employees, whose risk for burnout could be mitigated by more dynamic, supportive work environments where they feel valued.

Less than two weeks after the FDA sent a warning letter to cardiologists about high mortality and stroke rates associated with SynCardia Systems’ Companion 2 (C2) Driver System, the company has published a response saying pre-implant risk factors were responsible for those outcomes.

Cardiac patients diagnosed with “broken heart syndrome” are twice as likely to run into clinical complications during treatment if they have a history of cancer, Italian researchers reported this week at the ESC Congress in Munich.

Research presented this week at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Munich suggests a new treatment may be emerging for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy—a condition previously thought to be rare and untreatable.

More middle-aged stroke survivors are able to afford their preventive medications under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), meaning fewer patients are at an increased risk for cardiovascular conditions like hypertension and diabetes, Reuters reported this week.

Major cardiology associations joined forces to define and standardize what exactly constitutes a heart attack, differentiating between myocardial infarction (MI) and “myocardial injury” while offering guidance on how to incorporate emerging imaging techniques and high-sensitivity troponin assays.

Combining oral anticoagulants with antiplatelet therapy in atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients could be more than just overkill, University of Edinburgh researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology’s annual meeting this month. It could be dangerous, increasing the risk for all-cause death, stroke and major bleeding events in those without an indication for dual treatment.