A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals that residents of the Southern U.S., particularly black ones, are more likely to die of heart problems than any other disease.

Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) who took high-intensity statins had a one-year survival advantage compared with those who received moderate-intensity statins, according to a retrospective cohort analysis. The study also found that maximal doses of high-intensity statins were associated with a greater survival benefit than submaximal high-intensity statins.

A health system in Philadelphia agreed to pay nearly $1 million to resolve allegations that a cardiologist improperly billed Medicare for unnecessary services, Philadelphia Business Journal reports.

Truven Health Analytics released its 18th annual top 50 cardiovascular hospitals study Nov. 7. The annual list is based on public data sources, including the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review (MEDPAR) file, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Compare dataset and Medicare cost reports. 

People who were diagnosed with cancer at 15 to 19 years old and survived for at least five years had a 4.2 times higher risk of cardiac mortality compared with the general population of people of similar age and gender, according to an analysis of survivors of teenage and young adult cancer in England and Wales.

After adjusting for numerous factors, children who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at night after in-hospital cardiac arrests had a lower rate of survival to hospital discharge compared with children who received CPR during the day or evening, according to a registry analysis.

Cardiologist Stacy Brewington, MD, helped Wofford College football player Michael Roach survive after Roach suffered cardiac arrest, WKRN in Nashville, Tennessee, reports.

The 30-day mortality rates for older adults with non-ST segment elevation MI (NSTEMI) were not significantly different whether they were treated at a high-, intermediate- or low-use intensive care unit (ICU) hospital, according to a retrospective analysis of Medicare data.