Researchers on the International Space Station are leveraging the microgravity conditions within the ISS U.S. National Laboratory to study heart cells in ways we can’t on the ground.

Transport to the hospital via mobile stroke unit—as opposed to standard transit in an ambulance—saved stroke victims 10 minutes and up to 270 million neurons in a study out of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

The results of a Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing study suggest motivation is the key driver of adherence to secondary prevention measures among women who have CHD and have undergone PCI.

People who ate the most plant-based foods in a recent Journal of the American Heart Association study were 32% less likely than their counterparts to die from heart disease later down the line.

Patients with critical limb ischemia might be better off if they opt for endovascular-first treatment over an open surgical bypass, a Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes study suggests.

Surgery doesn’t improve survival in patients with isolated severe tricuspid regurgitation, researchers have found.

The director of Duke University’s heart transplant program is promoting warm perfusion—a technique that preserves organs more effectively than a traditional cooling box—as a means of expanding the CV donor pool in the U.S.

The FDA issued an advisory August 7 updating healthcare providers and the public on its stance regarding the long-term safety of paclitaxel-coated and -eluting devices, sharing that its expert panel had indeed identified a late mortality signal associated with the devices.