Predicting when a patient is at risk for developing a blood clot can be challenging for physicians, but new research from Johns Hopkins University and Ohio State University delivers a method for precisely identifying those risk factors.

A new study found that a sedentary lifestyle could increase one’s chances of developing diabetes, reports Reuters.

Bard Peripheral Vascular recalled 101 of its Halo One Thin-Walled guiding sheaths, which are used to introduce and/or guide interventional and diagnostic devices into veins and arteries.

New statistics show the number of people diagnosed with heart failure will rise 46 percent by 2030, a major increase that would result in more than eight million people to be diagnosed with the condition, according to a new report from the American Heart Association.

Medtronic plans on seeking coverage from CMS for the company’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, the first and only FDA-approved leadless pacemaker.

Despite their well-documented benefits, statins are often discontinued by patients because of their equally acknowledged side effects. This has continued to fuel heated debate over how widespread—or even legitimate—these adverse events are, whether physicians give up too easily on patients who are statin intolerant and what other options exist for patients who could gain by taking their cholesterol-lowering medicine? 

Black people with atrial fibrillation (AF) experience vastly higher rates of serious coronary events, so it’s not surprising that a growing number of clinical studies are aggressively tackling the complex issues around the impact of race—as well as gender—on management and outcomes of the heart rhythm disorder.

Richard L. Prager, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon from the University of Michigan, was elected as President of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) on Jan. 23.