Jul 27, 2015

Investigators from the American Heart Association suggest that implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is not commonly used in survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest despite the potentia...

Jul 27, 2015

Fasting triglyceride levels appear to help predict long- and short-term cardiovascular risk among patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who are treated with statins, according to a study. When c...

Jul 13, 2015

Researchers have found that smoking appears to be a strong independent risk factor of cardiovascular events and mortality among patients aged 60 and older. The authors found that smoking advanced card...

Jul 13, 2015

A retrospective analysis of more than 45,000 patients indicates that BMI appears to predict operative times across elective colorectal procedures. Patients with morbid obesity, based on BMI, had longe...

Jul 13, 2015

Adding atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation to mitral valve surgery appears to significantly increase the rate of freedom from AF at 1 year among patients with persistent or long-standing persistent AF, ...

Jul 13, 2015

Statins appear to be cost-effective for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults aged 75 and older, according to a study. Investigators estimated that statin treatment of all adults aged...

Jul 13, 2015

Duke researchers have found that cumulative exposure to hyperlipidemia in young adulthood appears to increase the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). The following rates of CHD were observed among p...

Jul 13, 2015

A study has found that early enrollment into cardiac rehabilitation (CR) after open heart surgery appears to be safe when patient assessments are carefully individualized and exercise prescriptions ta...

Jul 13, 2015

Research suggests that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) appears to be an independent predictor of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). Among patients with AF, the rate of ischemic stroke was...

Jul 13, 2015

New research was presented at ASH 2015, the American Society of Hypertension’s annual scientific meeting, from May 15 to 19 in New York City. The features below highlight some of the studies that em...

Jul 13, 2015

Acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF) care that is delivered by cardiologists appears to result in greater adherence to heart failure core measures than when such care is provided by non-cardiologi...

Jul 07, 2015

Nearly 20,000 physicians across 25 specialties responded to Medscape’s 2015 Compensation Survey. Check out our infographic! The top three earners this year are Orthopedics (421k), Cardiology (376...

Jun 22, 2015

The term cardiometabolic risk refers to having a high 10-year and/or lifetime risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Specific causes that can increase cardiometabolic risk include hyperglycemia, hyper...

Jun 22, 2015

Recently, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) updated their guideline on the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS). �...

Jun 22, 2015

New research was presented at Heart Rhythm 2015, the Heart Rhythm Society’s annual scientific sessions, from May 13 to 16 in Boston. The features below highlight some of the studies that emerged fro...

May 28, 2015

Aspirin is used as a primary strategy to help prevent a first occurrence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). It can also be used as secondary prevention for survivors of heart attacks and strokes to prev...

May 28, 2015

Studies have shown that social support is an important prognostic predictor in older people who have suffered an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Patients with low perceived social support have wors...

May 26, 2015

Now I'm really worried about surgical education. Here's why: A friend told me that a new attending on his staff was having some problems. Although the young surgeon was a graduate of 5 years of gen...

May 25, 2015

Acute heart failure (HF) leads to more than 1 million hospitalizations in the United States each year, and the 1-year mortality rate after these events ranges between 20% and 30%. “Some of these pat...

May 25, 2015

According to current estimates, 44% of the 64 million adults in the United States with hypertension did not have their condition controlled in 2014. In 2014, the Eighth Joint National Committee releas...