Nearly 85 percent of patients with a history of atrial fibrillation who had an acute ischemic stroke did not receive guideline-recommended anticoagulation or had anticoagulation levels that did not fall in the therapeutic range, according to a registry analysis.

Patients who had ischemic and bleeding events 12 to 33 months after undergoing coronary stenting had an increased mortality risk, according to a post hoc analysis of a randomized study.

An analysis of patients in the emergency department at a hospital in Germany found that using the NephroCheck Test could help identify the risk of acute kidney injury in patients with acute decompensated heart failure.

Though cannabis has increasingly been making its way into healthcare as a method for treating a series of conditions, new research on the drug, presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC)’s Scientific Session beginning March 17, finds that it could cause severe cardiovascular events.

Mark E. Josephson, MD, the emeritus chief of cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, died from cancer earlier this year, the Boston Globe reports. He was 73.

SDSU researcher uncovers molecular pathway that protects the heart from damage during a heart attack.

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation® study finds that presence of cardiac arrest and/or cardiogenic shock is responsible for more than 75% of hospital deaths in STEMI patients

The FDA approved the Melody transcatheter pulmonary valve for patients whose surgical bioprosthetic pulmonary heart valves failed.