Researchers at the University of Maryland Medical Center are investigating whether a stem cell treatment can improve outcomes for children born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, in which the left half of the heart is unable to pump blood.

There are few significant differences in target-vessel failure with second generation drug-eluting stents (DES) for patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD), according to research published on Feb. 27 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

The anti-inflammatory drug canakinumab failed to halt the progression from prediabetes to diabetes, according to an analysis of the CANTOS trial presented March 11 at the American College of Cardiology’s annual scientific session.

Researchers may have identified a promising setting to control hypertension among black men—a group with an inordinate burden of high blood pressure and related adverse events. By bringing specialty care to the community through black-owned barbershops, Ronald G. Victor, MD, and colleagues showed substantial blood pressure reductions can be achieved within six months.

The VEST study—an effort to reduce post-myocardial infarction (MI) mortality and one of ACC 18’s most anticipated clinical trials—failed to meet its primary endpoint of reducing sudden death due to ventricular arrhythmias, study leader Jeffrey Olgin, MD, announced to a crowd of thousands following ACC’s opening ceremony Saturday.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (TxDPS) is now recording the height, weight and waist measurement of its more than 4,200 troopers.

Patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery lost more weight, reduced cardiovascular risks and improved obesity-related measures than intensive medical diabetes and weight management in obese patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in the American Diabetes Association’s Diabetes Care.

Survivors of childhood cancer are quicker to develop hypertension and high cholesterol by six and eight years, respectively, when compared to the general population, according to a study published online March 9 in the European Heart Journal.