David C. Goff Jr., MD, PhD, was named the director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) division of cardiovascular sciences on Sept. 29.

An analysis of a prospective study found that higher baseline heart rates in African Americans were associated with increased mortality and heart failure hospitalizations.

Dana Owens, who is better known as Queen Latifah, will receive the distinguished health advocate award from the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) during the organization’s “Spirit of the Heart” awards gala on Oct. 1 in New York.

A nationwide bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) program in South Korea helped improve neurologic recovery after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Researchers at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida and the Duke Clinical Research Institute received $37 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to begin the second phase of the Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT2).

A systematic review and meta-regression analysis found that statin and nonstatin therapies that act primarily through upregulation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor expression were associated with similar reductions in LDL cholesterol and relative risks of major vascular events.

People suffering from cardiac arrest can take solace in the fact that ground and air ambulances are better equipped to deal with emergencies, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The National Lipid Association (NLA) is asking members to complete an online survey regarding challenges patients face in getting access to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors.