Regina Schaffer

CHICAGO — An AI-enabled tool utilizing machine learning, high-speed images and video accurately detected hypertension and type 2 diabetes among

CHICAGO — In adults with HF with preserved ejection fraction and obesity, treatment with tirzepatide cut risk for CV death or worsening HF by

CHICAGO — When the American Heart Association was founded by six clinicians in June 1924, there was no treatment — and little hope — for people living with heart disease.Fast forward a century later, and what began as a small medical association has grown to include millions of volunteers and supporters advancing innovative research in CV health and CVD prevention.

CHICAGO — For adults at high or very high CVD risk, a monthly PCSK9 inhibitor added to maximally tolerated oral lipid-lowering therapy maintained LDL reductions of more than 60% through 72 weeks, with no signals of attenuation.

CHICAGO — Among adults living in India with elevated BP, three different dual-medication polypills containing combinations of recommended first-line antihypertensive agents effectively lowered ambulatory BP, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — Emailed messages emphasizing the CV benefits of influenza vaccination improved vaccine uptake among older and younger adults in

CHICAGO — Emailed messages emphasizing the CV benefits of influenza vaccination improved vaccine uptake among older and younger adults in Denmark, particularly among more vulnerable patients with a history of acute MI, researchers reported.Data from a pooled analysis of three randomized controlled trials also showed that among the subset of patients with acute MI, the email

CHICAGO — People living in historically redlined neighborhoods with poor access to healthy foods were more likely to have type 2 diabetes, hypertension, coronary heart disease and obesity, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — Adults with elevated liproprotein(a) at high risk for a CV event saw substantial reductions over 12 weeks with muvalaplin, an investigational oral small molecule Lp(a) inhibitor, data from a phase 2 study show.Evidence for a causal association between Lp(a) concentration, which is primarily genetically determined, and CV outcomes across ethnicities continues to build, and data

In this Healio video exclusive, Joanne Stone, MD, MS, and Susan S. Khalil, MD, discussed highlights from the second annual Mount Sinai