Providing therapeutic hypothermia to patients who suffer in-hospital cardiac arrest may decrease their chance of survival, according to an observational cohort study.

A study of U.S. veterans found higher systolic blood pressure variability was associated with increased risks of all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease, stroke and end-stage renal disease.

Researchers found that patients admitted to high-performing hospitals after their MIs lived between 0.74 and 1.14 years longer compared with patients treated at low-performing hospitals. They defined performance based on 30-day risk-standardized mortality rates. The survival advantage persisted over a 17-year follow-up period.

A research team led by Calum MacRae, MD, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, received a $75 million grant to support his five-year research project to better understand coronary heart disease.

Since the passage of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) last year, cardiologists and other physicians have wondered how the legislation would change their reimbursement. Under MACRA, providers will be held responsible for delivering high quality care and lowering costs.

When I was launching the cardiology portion of my career, almost everyone’s counsel was to remember how fast medicine moves.

Are implantable cardiac devices at risk for hacking, or is the greater cybersecurity danger their connection to larger networks of health data?

Mended Hearts recommends peer support to improve outcomes, reduce costs and give patients better quality of life.