Monica Rigsby, a former office manager at Georgia Pediatric Cardiology near Atlanta, was sentenced to two years and six months in prison after she was convicted of embezzling more than $1 million from the practice, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

Instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) and fractional flow reserve (FFR) were equally safe in deferring patients from coronary revascularization, according to a pooled analysis of two randomized trials published Aug. 6 in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

New research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association suggests light and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, coupled with less sedentary time, is associated with more favorable levels of heart and vessel disease markers in older individuals.

The U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPSTF) issued a Grade I recommendation, indicating there is insufficient evidence assessing the benefits and harms of screening for atrial fibrillation (AFib) with electrocardiography (ECG) in patients 65 and older with previously undiagnosed AFib.

A 13-gene signature can separate Kawasaki disease from other febrile and inflammatory conditions, potentially opening the door to blood tests that allow quicker treatment and the prevention of coronary artery aneurysms.

In a single-center study of smokers with heart failure, those who also had emphysema identified by CT were twice as likely to be rehospitalized for heart failure in the following two years.

While heart failure (HF) is an uncommon complication of breast cancer, a new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology notes individuals treated with trastuzumab-based chemotherapy have a higher risk for HF—but they are not monitored for it, despite recommendations.

Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) who undergo coronary revascularization experience fewer adverse events in the short term with PCI compared to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) but similar three-year risks of death, stroke or heart attack.

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) and atrial flutter (AFL) are often regarded as interchangeable when informing the management of stroke risk. However, a new study in JAMA Network Open suggests clinical outcomes are worse for patients with AFib, even if they have the same values on the standard CHA2DS2-VASc scoring system.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) cardiologist Tiziano Scarabelli, MD, filed a $15 million defamation lawsuit against four colleagues and the VCU Health System’s physician group. His attorneys claim he suffered retaliation after raising concerns over patients receiving insufficient heart care during and after chemotherapy treatments, according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.