It’s late January and conference season is warming up.

Tired of plugging patient data into computers for quality assessments, especially when it requires digging through files and other time-consuming tasks? Relief may be in sight.

The American Heart Association’s annual scientific session in Chicago offered insights on the latest therapies and practices, from statin treatments and screening tools to readmissions and communications.

The American College of Cardiology’s PINNACLE Registry is cardiology's largest outpatient quality improvement registry.

More data from the Cardiovascular Health Study and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study: Pneumonia may increase the risk for cardiovascular disease development both in the short and long term.

Thomas B. Graboys, a cardiologist who chronicled his experience dealing with Parkinson’s disease and dementia in an autobiography, died Jan. 5.

It is time for the Food Network to step up to the plate. The gastronomic giant can do a lot toward educating viewers about heart-healthy cooking.

QUEBEC CITY, Jan. 12, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Opsens Inc. ("Opsens") (TSXV:OPS) is pleased to announce the first use of its Fractional Flow Reserve ("FFR") products in Europe by the "founding fathers" of FFR, namely Dr. Bernard De Bruyne at the Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Belgium and, shortly, by Professor Nico Pijls, at the Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven the Netherlands. The OptoWire and OptoMonitor are Opsens' products for FFR measurements to optimize the diagnosis and guide the therapy in patients with coronary heart disease.