A study published Sept. 28 in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery is debunking the myth that women receive less surgical revascularization for coronary artery disease than men due to gender bias.

Roughly 12 percent of patients with medical claims for atrial fibrillation (AFib) are contraindicated for blood thinning treatment and remain at a high risk for stroke, a new study found.

Genetic testing may help doctors determine the proper dosage of the common blood thinner warfarin in joint replacement patients, according to a study published in JAMA.

Elderly patients with a history of cardiovascular disease might want to limit outdoor activities this winter season, according to a group of researchers in Quebec. Their recent study showed that risk of heart failure in older populations can increase as temperature drops.

Middle-aged and older residents in the hardest-hit areas suffered 25 percent more cardiovascular-related deaths in the year after the Canterbury earthquakes when compared to neighbors in lesser-impacted areas.

The authors of a new study suggested CMS revise its standards for left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation based on patients from the lowest-volume centers demonstrating worse 90-day survival outcomes.

Not exactly. A recent study, the largest of its kind that tracked more than 1,000 children, found a 70 percent success rate using balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAV) to treat isolated congenital aortic stenosis (AS).

Knowledge and treatment of hypertension in susceptible patients might be expanding in the U.S. and other developed countries, but research has shown that trend doesn’t translate across socioeconomic borders.