| Ablation reverses LVSD in patients with persistent AFib |
| Perfect Storm Ahead? Will Physician Pay Raises Shrink as Productivity Flattens? |
| Value-based Reimbursement Is Here to Stay & Other Lessons from Cath Lab Leadership Boot Camp |
| When Registries Aren’t Fast Enough: How Real-time Feedback Helps with Rapid Leaps & Hairpin Turns |
| Innovation Competition: At TCT.17, Cardiology’s Disruptors Swim with the Sharks |
| 'Open gym' approach shortens wait times for cardiac rehab |
| “Are We There Yet?” Pediatric Cardiologists Work Through Telemedicine’s Glitches |
| Researchers link aldosterone, plasma renin activity to increased risk for CVD in black Americans |
| Abbott initiates ground-breaking U.S. pivotal study of AMPLATZER device to correct common congenital heart defect in newborns |
| Anthem covers members for noninvasive CAD treatment |
| Survival of cardiac arrest tied to neighborhood racial demographics |
| The SNF Test: Rethinking Discharge Decisions & Postacute Care Partnerships to Improve Outcomes |
| Branching Out: Ask These 5 Questions Before Launching a Vein Care Service Line |
| Press for Success: Avoiding Insurance Denials for PCSK9 Inhibitors |
| 'Good' cholesterol not so great in extreme cases |
| Cost-minded Hospitals Give CTO PCI a Second Look |
| Individual feedback key to reducing excessive ECGs |
| Hearts with improving LVSD can be safely transplanted |
| Abbott releases software patch for pacemakers with cybersecurity vulnerability |
| Moldy hay, dead cows and the creation of a blood thinner |
| Abiomed Announces Resignation of Chief Financial Officer and Welcomes Back Former Chief Financial Officer as Consultant |
| Ablation tops drugs in treatment of AFib |
| Excessive carbs—not fats—pose greatest dietary risk |
| Systems approach shows promise for out-of-hospital CAD |
| Young adults, especially men, struggle to control hypertension |
| Abbott Introduces HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System — the Latest Milestone In Therapy For Advanced Heart Failure Patients |
| Study IDs differences in anticoagulation patterns of warfarin, DOACs |
| Inflammation reducer could prevent lung cancer, recurrent heart attack |
| 6 data points about rheumatic heart disease as global rates decline |
| New research suggests change atop DES hierarchy |
| Prevention takes on new meaning with embryos, and predicting frailty in the elderly |
| Researcher touts ‘breakthrough’ in treating patients with stable CVD |
| ECG reveals clinical findings obscured by left ventricular hypertrophy |
| C. R. Bard Receives FDA Premarket Approval of the LUTONIX® 035 Drug Coated Balloon as the First and Only DCB for the Treatment of Patients with Dysfunctional AV Fistulae |
| Diabetes drug gains FDA indication for CV benefit |
| Prediction model underestimates CV risk in disadvantaged neighborhoods |
| Prostate cancer treatment associated with higher risk of heart failure |
| Extended treatment with Brillinta reduces risk of cardiovascular death by 29% in patients with history of heart attack |
| CDC: 2 of 3 heart attack patients spurn rehab |
| CABG outperforms PCI in patients with type 1 diabetes |
| Ancient humans, genetic cousins faced higher risks of CVD |
| Statin therapy ineffective in patients with advanced kidney disease |
| Ultrasound may offer nonionizing, contrast-free way to assess coronary flow reserve |
| Brain imaging could help predict stress-related CVD risk |
| Unbundling bundles |
| Cardiac MRI improves risk stratification for STEMI patients |
| MR reduction after TMVR with the FORTIS valve maintained at 2 years |
| Evolocumab therapy not cost-effective in treating atherosclerotic CVD |
| Cardiac MRI links trabeculation, myocardial function |
| Does public awareness of CPR, AEDs reduce response time to cardiac arrest? |
| 5 takeaways from ACC's response to MIPS updates |
| Self-expanding stents outperform balloon-expandable stents for iliac artery disease |
| Electrical, mechanical activation of left ventricle strongly correlated |
| Case study examines percutaneous management of mitral perforation TAVR |
| Man vs. machine: A fair match when it comes to cardiac ablation |
| High platelet reactivity to clopidogrel associated with greater risk of stent thrombosis, MI |
| Take a seat: 12-year study ties prolonged standing to CVD risks |
| Medtronic Reports First Quarter Financial Results |
| Research funds for cardiac arrest—down 63% since 2010—disproportionately low compared to heart disease, stroke |
| Could CMS's ending bundles cost the average American? |
| Medtronic Receives CE Mark for Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan Active-Fixation Heart Lead |
| New trial to test transcatheter ventricular enhancement procedure |
| NASA: Space weather could increase CVD risk in astronauts |
| New method could predict bleeding risk for stroke patients |
| Photo of heart-shaped cell in blood clot wins contest |
| Construction worker who shoots nail into his heart: ‘Oops’ |
| Researchers: Off-label TAVRs yield ‘acceptable results’ |
| Parachute device improves hemodynamic effects of LV volume reduction |
| Joint document details how to diagnose, treat cardiac sarcoidosis |
| HeartSciences Announces CE Mark and European Launch of MyoVista® High Sensitivity ECG Device |
| Pulmonary artery catheter use drops 70% between 1999-2013 |
| CT helps predict risks after TAVR |
| Study confirms effectiveness of new-generation heart stents in women |
| Open repair of chronic thoracic, thoracoabdominal aortic dissection with deep hypothermia ups 10-year survival |
| TAVR, SAVR produce similar long-term health gains |
| TAVI utilization rate highest Northeast US; mortality highest in South |
| Four hospitals meet CMS requirements for carotid artery stenting |
| Brain power? Educated people less likely to experience CVD |
| Physicians propose eliminating CK-MB test to save costs, improve clinical practice |
| Hearts from adolescent donors are underutilized, could reduce CAV risk |
| ACC promises to work on APM opportunities after proposed cancellation of cardiac bundles |
| Maximally tolerated dose can reduce mitral regurgitation |
| AHA releases new CPR training requirements for 2019 |
| MI readmissions—varying in cause, timing—require nuanced care |
| Ambardekar discusses findings of risk perception study, patient education |
| JACC's Walsh: MACRA means working smarter, more efficiently |
| Heart failure patients, physicians differ significantly in risk perception |
| Cancer patients carry double the short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism |
| angelMD Forms Partnership with American College of Cardiology |
| Birth weight strongly predictive of survival in infants with congenital heart disease |
| Vascular Dynamics Announces FDA Approval to Initiate CALM 2 Trial for MobiusHD® System for the Treatment of Resistant Hypertension |
| Study clarifies prognostic markers for STEMI patients undergoing PCI |
| Study finds similar cost value of CAC testing, widespread statin treatment |
| Trial to evaluate shorter course of blood-thinning treatment following stent implantation |
| Cardiac bundles to be canceled by CMS |
| Stent procedure shows potential as alternative to lower-limb amputation |
| Oral treatment enough to lower cholesterol in most patients |
| Local gene therapy improves myocardial blood flow in refractory angina patients |
| Racial gap narrowing in survival for in-hospital cardiac arrest |
| New microsensing technology could improve stroke treatment |
