Scott Buzby

Bempedoic acid may prevent dangerous blood clots from forming in addition to reducing risk for major cardiovascular events vs. placebo in statin-intolerant people with prior CVD or at high risk for it, researchers reported.

Societies have issued the inaugural guidelines for the staging, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, which was published in Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The new guideline, a collaboration of the American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, American Diabetes Association and the American Society of Nephrology,

The heat-attributable burden of CVD in the U.S. is projected to increase through 2050, primarily in years of life lost and is anticipated to

A significant association was found between maternal heart disease during pregnancy and risk for congenital heart disease in offspring within 1 year of birth, researchers in China reported.In study findings published in JAMA Network Open, the researchers noted that targeted surveillance and intervention of modifiable risk factors among pregnant individuals may help lower risk for congenital heart

Academic cardiology is being threatened by funding cuts, program consolidations, reduced salaries and burnout, making private practice appealing to many emerging trainees, researchers reported.

Heart rhythm monitoring in the weeks before cardioversion therapy for atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter reduced the frequency of same-day procedure cancellations, researchers reported.

The 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine was associated with reduced risk for COVID-19-related major adverse cardiovascular events among older adults, especially those with comorbidities, researchers reported.Coadministration of the COVID-19 vaccine alongside the annual influenza vaccine may reduce COVID-19-related and all-cause mortality among older, higher-risk individuals, according to a study published

An update to the previously published multispeciality guide for the management of diabetes, cardiorenal and metabolic diseases will be issued later this year with sweeping updates based on the latest data, a speaker reported.

PHILADELPHIA — Women may have higher risk for heart disease related to elevated blood pressure compared with men, yet only one in four with hypertension have their BP under control, a speaker reported.At the Heart in Diabetes CME Conference, Healio

The American College of Cardiology and other medical societies issued an expert consensus decision pathway for optimal postpartum care aimed to reduce risk for future CVD.