After more than eight years of follow-up, women with signs and symptoms of ischemia and nonobstructive coronary artery disease had a 2.84-fold increased risk of death if they had prior infarct compared with if they had a nonischemic stress test, according to an analysis of a multicenter study.

The American Society of Hypertension elected John D. Bisognano, MD, PhD, as its new president.

Physicians in Massachusetts who received payments from the pharmaceuticals industry had higher rates of prescribing branded statins compared with doctors who received no payments, according to a cross-sectional study.

A population-based study found that adults whose blood pressure increased rapidly had a high risk of stroke and death. The researchers said that tracking a person’s blood pressure over time may be beneficial in assessing their risk for stroke and mortality.

Adults with hypertension who were at least 75 years old had significantly lower rates of death and fatal and nonfatal major cardiovascular events if they were treated to a systolic blood pressure target of less than 120 mm Hg compared with those treated to a target of less than 140 mm Hg.

Updated guidelines released on May 20 from medical societies in the United States and Europe gave a class I recommendation to sacubitril/valsartan (Entresto), a twice-daily oral heart failure medication that the FDA approved last year.

(NEW ORLEANS) — Dr. Vinod Nair, President and Chief Software Architect of Objective Medical Systems (OMS), and Dr. Peter Fail, Chief Privacy Officer, have been selected as New Orleans CityBusiness Health Care Heroes for 2016, placing them among the top medical professionals in the Greater New Orleans area.

Aria Health announced that it had signed an affiliate partnership agreement with the Pennsylvania Heart and Vascular Group. The agreement expands the cardiovascular services and offerings of Aria Health, which is based near Philadelphia and has three community hospitals and a network of outpatient centers.