Nicholas DePace, MD, a cardiologist from New Jersey, has sports memorabilia worth an estimated $10 million to $12 million displayed in a building near his home, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Providing elderly adults with electric fans during extreme heat and humidity increased their heart rate and core temperature, according to a study in Texas.

Technological advancements and an aging population will drive growth in the defibrilator market over the next five years. 

The American Heart Association (AHA), the Resuscitation Academy Foundation and Laerdal Medical have formed a partnership known as the Global Resuscitation Alliance, with a primary goal of increasing the survival rates following cardiac arrest by 50 percent.

An observational study, which involved data from 45 countries, found that low systolic and low diastolic blood pressures were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension and coronary artery disease.

Pope Francis spoke at the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Rome, Italy and encouraged cardiologists to treat the weak and poor, the Catholic News Agency reports.

A systematic review of 224 studies found that Internet interventions helped improve people’s poor diet, lack of physical activity, adiposity, tobacco use and excess alcohol consumption.

A nationwide cohort study in Denmark found that mortality rates have significantly decreased during the past three decades among patients who had an MI before they turned 50 years old. However, their mortality rate was still approximately two times higher than the general population.