During a follow-up period of 12.5 years, adults between 32 and 46 years old who had coronary artery calcium (CAC) had an increased risk of coronary heart disease (both fatal and nonfatal), according to a prospective, community-based study.

In a new article from the Chicago Tribune, two Chicago-area physicians discuss the innovations that have changed and shaped the way heart patients are treated.

After adjusting for several variables, researchers found that women cardiologists had a 37 percent lower chance of being a full professor at U.S. medical schools than men.

The American Heart Association (AHA) has published new guidelines for physicians when caring for women with congenital heart disease hoping to have a baby.

An intensive blood pressure treatment intervention did not change the gait speed or limit the mobility of adults who were 75 years old or older, according to an analysis of a randomized trial. All of the participants had hypertension, but they had no history of type 2 diabetes or stroke.

Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, based in Springfield, Illinois, will stop practicing at Memorial Medical Center by the end of February and serve patients only at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, reports The State Journal-Register.

Raymond Russell III, MD, PhD, has been named president of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) for 2017.

A new study from researchers at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center has found evidence to support that an anticancer agent could help regenerate damaged heart muscle, a finding that can prevent congestive heart failure.