| High levels of fitness in depressive patients can lower risk CVD mortality |
| Severe preeclampsia associated with right ventricular strain in 39% of women |
| DOACs trump warfarin for heart attack prevention in AFib patients |
| Tool predicts which patients gain the most from ICDs |
| Insomnia, poor sleep quality tied to increased risk of CVD in women |
| 3D mini-hearts could aid first-line testing for drugs |
| Amarin Reports Last Patient Study Visit Has Occurred, an Important Step Towards Completion of REDUCE-IT™ Cardiovascular Outcomes Study |
| Results from cardiac bundled payments may not translate to all hospitals |
| Consider exercise habits when prescribing BP medication |
| Diabetics underuse insulin because of rising prices |
| Routine binge drinking linked to higher BP, cholesterol in young men |
| Noninvasive HeartFlow test gains commercial coverage from UHC |
| Did the HRRP cause a rise in post-discharge heart failure mortality? Experts take sides |
| Triple therapy: ‘Acceptable’ safety, fewer strokes for AFib patients after PCI |
| VR ‘transforms’ cardiovascular care—but still room for improvement |
| New PET tracer could boost detection of bacterial heart infections |
| Northwestern Medicine Receives Transformative $25 Million Gift from the Bluhm Family Charitable Foundation |
| GE moves to spin off healthcare division as independent unit |
| FFR-guided CABG linked to reduction in heart attacks, deaths |
| More private insurance plans adopting ‘food as medicine’ ideology |
| Nitric oxide reduces kidney injury following cardiopulmonary bypass |
| AI-assisted echocardiogram analysis improves reproducibility of LVEF measurements |
| St. Luke’s in Houston to lose Medicare funding for heart transplant program |
| Sunil Rao, MD, to take over as editor of Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions |
| Medtronic Receives CE Mark for MiniMed(TM) 670G Hybrid Closed Loop System |
| Jardiance® reduced risk of kidney disease progression in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular (CV) disease independent of control of conventional CV risk factors |
| Hitachi Healthcare Americas Unveils the Latest in Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Reporting at ASE 2018 |
| FDA OKs 1st implantable continuous glucose monitor |
| Guidelines: Limit prescriptions to 30 pain pills after CABG |
| Cardiac resynching unnecessary after LVAD placement, study suggests |
| ‘Smart stent’ can wirelessly notify clinicians of restenosis |
| Medtronic Receives FDA Approval of New Pediatric Indication for the MiniMed(TM) 670G Hybrid Closed Loop System in Children Ages 7-13 |
| Differences in hospitals' short-term heart failure mortality persist to 5 years |
| Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve replacement: A new ‘gold standard’? |
| Cardiac arrest deaths often misinterpreted, autopsy study finds |
| California bill aims to remove sugary beverages as default options for kids’ meals |
| FDA bans the use of artificial trans fats in foods |
| ACO participation doesn’t change use of coronary revascularization |
| Number-based stroke awareness campaign could overcome language barrier |
| Work stress causes 68% more premature deaths in men with cardiometabolic disease |
| Revascularization achieved in 83% of distal thrombectomies |
| Hearing loss may warn of CVD in older adults |
| Single blood sample may be enough to ID type 2 diabetes |
| With disease rates declining, is it still worth it to screen for AAA? |
| Weight gain linked to increased risk of preeclampsia for 1st-time mothers |
| Healthy lifestyle changes after diabetes diagnosis lower CVD risk |
| Bay Labs’ EchoMD AutoEF Software Receives FDA Clearance for Fully Automated AI Echocardiogram Analysis |
| NIH shuts down study on moderate drinking and cardiovascular health |
| Diabetes triples women's risk of death from ischemic heart disease |
| Blood transfusion during surgery boosts risk of venous thromboembolism |
| Baylor St. Luke’s reopens heart transplant program after review of patient deaths |
| Appearance matters: Patients more likely to trust docs wearing white coats |
| Cash incentives and wearable step trackers increase physical activity in CVD patients |
| US tariffs on Chinese imports include cardiac, medical imaging equipment |
| Patients who experience adverse change in employment have worse health status, financial hardships |
| Study: Stress echo edges coronary CTA for efficient triage of chest pain |
| Immediate discharge for low-risk PE feasible with rivaroxaban |
| FDA approves more lengths of Medtronic’s drug-coated balloon for PAD |
| E-cigarette flavorings linked to cardiovascular disease |
| Leading health organizations collaborate with industry on new initiative to combat growing diabetes and cardiovascular disease threat |
| Avinger Announces First Patients Enrolled in Post-Market Study Comparing Pantheris OCT Imaging to Intravascular Ultrasound |
| Obesity affects rural Americans the most—especially in the South, Northeast |
| Machine learning with echocardiographic, EHR data improves survival predictions |
| Black patients less likely to receive statin treatment than white counterparts |
| Even below hypertension cutoff, elevated BP in middle age signals dementia risk |
| Massachusetts cardiologist elected to AMA board of trustees |
| Stryker says it’s not discussing merger with Boston Scientific |
| AMA vows to fight medicine’s gender inequity problem |
| Biologists explain mechanisms behind CHD4-related heart defects |
| USPSTF: Do not screen asymptomatic adults for CVD using ECG |
| Invasive procedures—including cardiovascular—boost risk of endocarditis |
| Advanced heart attack blood test to be used as portable device |
| Erectile dysfunction a ‘potent predictor’ of CVD risk |
| Noninvasive FFR assessment can guide revascularization decisions for multivessel CAD |
| More than $28 million awarded for new atrial fibrillation research centers to improve patient outcomes |
| Boston cardiologist meets North Korean diplomats to discuss denuclearization |
| Cleveland cardiologist argues to overturn his 20-year sentence for fraud, money laundering |
| Combination pill reduces hypertension death by 14% |
| Bos Sci, Stryker silent on potential talks of a takeover bid |
| Self-testing device for warfarin monitoring to hit US market this summer |
| Stem cell therapy for heart failure may save money, lives |
| Anheuser-Busch pulls funding from moderate drinking study over credibility concerns |
| Researcher highlights importance of imaging, biomarkers in cardio-oncology |
| EVIDENT II trial: Smartphone apps may slow artery aging |
| Progression of silent AFib tied to heart failure |
| Malnutrition aids in death prediction of heart failure patients |
| Black Americans twice as likely to have 2nd intracerebral hemorrhage |
| AHA challenges FDA to ban flavored e-cigarettes |
| Fewer reinfarctions, more resource use linked to high-sensitivity troponin adoption |
| Engineers creating diseased blood vessels to test medications |
| CMS’s ‘implausible’ risk adjustment for atherosclerosis penalizes PCI centers |
| Physicians more willing to forego invasive tests, procedures with malpractice caps |
| ACC launches new quality accreditation program for ‘excellence in cardiovascular care’ |
| Stressful jobs boost AFib risk by 48% |
| Average hospitalization for pediatric VADs costs $750K |
| 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines could cut stroke patient deaths by 33% |
| Biotricity’s Bioflux Named Best Remote Patient Monitoring Solution by MedTech Breakthrough |
| Current models overestimate CVD risk of 11.8M US adults |
| Study: Mortality rate 3% for pediatric arterial ischemic stroke |
| Intragastric balloons for obesity linked to 12 deaths since 2016 |
