Low birth weight is associated with poorer health outcomes—including CVD—later in life, according to a study out of West Virginia University.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doubled down on its warnings about vaping products Oct. 3 after new numbers revealed more than 1,000 reports of vaping-related lung illness and 18 fatalities in recent weeks.

Researchers are calling for better implementation of ICD therapy after an analysis of the Swedish HF Registry found the devices to be beneficial—but underused—among patients with HFrEF.

Transient endothelial dysfunction stemming from mental duress was associated with a 78% increase in the incidence of MACE in a study of patients with stable CAD, providing scientists with a look at just how much psychological stress can influence our risk of CVD.

A poll conducted by researchers at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey has revealed that a quarter of Americans take daily low-dose aspirin at some point in their lives, but the majority of those people don’t have heart disease or another chronic illness.

Victims of cardiac arrest are more likely to recover with good brain function if they’re subject to “cooling” after resuscitation, UPI.com reported via HealthDay News Oct. 2.

Cardiac radiation dose exposure is a modifiable cardiac risk factor for major cardiac adverse events and all-cause mortality in patients undergoing radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer, researchers report in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Patients with severe aortic stenosis who undergo TAVR enjoy a minor but significant sustained health benefit that isn’t mirrored in patients who opt for surgical AVR, according to research reported at TCT 2019 in San Francisco.