Patients with advanced renal dysfunction received no significant benefit from statin therapy following acute MI in a study of 861 individuals.

Researchers have found a distinctive reactionary pattern in the brain that could be used to identify individuals at greater risk for hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD) as a result of psychological stressors.

National organizations, state governments and local communities have attempted to battle out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) by supporting public awareness and improving preparedness, most notably through CPR training and use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). A recent study—published online July 31 in Resuscitation, the journal of the European Resuscitation Council—examined the effectiveness of the Minnesota Heart Safe Communities program.

Self-expanding (SE) stents proved more effective than balloon-expandable (BE) stents for the treatment of atherosclerosis of the iliac arteries and are thus recommended for affected patients, according to researchers who recently compared the two versions among a large group of patients being treated in northern Europe.  

A close relationship exists between the timing of left ventricular (LV) electrical activation and peak contraction in dyssynchronous heart failure patients, according to a new study.

During transcathether aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures, the mitral apparatus may suffer serious, potentially lethal impairment, according to a new case study describes an approach to address the problem through percutaneous management.

Whether guided by robotic navigation (RN) or the hands of a physician, catheter ablations demonstrated comparable results in a study of 258 patients treated for atrial fibrillation (AFib). 

Patients demonstrating high platelet reactivity (HPR) on clopidogrel are more likely to suffer stent thrombosis (ST) or MI within two years of stent implantation, according to a new study in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.