Fewer than one-third of Chinese patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) receive guidance to participate in cardiac rehabilitation, according to research presented Oct. 11 at the Great Wall International Congress of Cardiology.

Preliminary results from the RETAKO trial, a study of takotsubo syndrome (TTS) in the Spanish population, have identified cardiogenic shock as an independent, strong predictor of mortality and complexities in TTS patients—a demographic that’s already at considerable risk for complications.

People with unrecognized myocardial infarction carry a lower short-term risk of death but an equal 10-year risk of mortality compared to those with clinically diagnosed heart attacks, according to an analysis of the ICELAND MI study published in JAMA Cardiology.

Three men with type 2 diabetes used intermittent fasting to lose weight, lower their blood sugar levels and reverse their dependence on insulin treatment, according to a case study report published in The BMJ.

Socioeconomic factors—namely a mother’s insurance status and level of education—weigh heavily on Hispanic infants’ chances of surviving critical congenital heart disease (CHD) in their first year of life, a study out of the University of California, San Francisco suggests.

Direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) can cut the short-term risk of thromboembolic events in half for patients who have undergone cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AFib), suggests a meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

For the first time, the World Health Organization (WHO) has included ambient noise from leisure-time activities in its guidelines on how cumulative exposure to high volumes can lead to health problems, including stress, hypertension and heart disease.

A genomic risk prediction tool developed by researchers in Australia and the U.K. has achieved greater risk discrimination than its predecessors while identifying patients at the highest and lowest likelihood of developing coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a study published ahead of print in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.