ADT Options for Prostate Cancer Come Out Even for Heart Safety But low enrollment brought PRONOUNCE trial to an early close Aug 31, 2021
Stenting or Surgery for Patients With Carotid Artery Stenosis? No differences in outcomes seen between groups Aug 30, 2021
European CVD Prevention Guide Leans on Age Stratification Update has new risk assessment score but goes easy on blood pressure Aug 30, 2021
Mineral Oil Likely Accounts for Some -- But Not All -- of Vascepa's ASCVD Benefit Danish study fans the flames of REDUCE-IT controversy Aug 29, 2021
Polypills Ready for Prime Time in Large Swaths of People, Researchers Say Question now is how to implement fixed-dose combo therapy in clinical practice Aug 29, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
First TTS Case After mRNA Shot; Fake Fellow Strikes Out; Disappearing Pacemaker Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 29, 2021
'Modest' Erectile Dysfunction Benefit With GLP-1 Agonist Dulaglutide didn't improve pre-existing symptoms, but did prevent some new cases Jun 23, 2021
Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 14, 2021
An Unhealthy Diet Feeds Into Clonal Hematopoiesis Can diet mitigate the CVD risk of this age-related genetic phenomenon? Jun 09, 2021
Familial Hypercholesterolemia Tends to Slip Past Genetic Tests Array-based screens no match for more comprehensive tests May 26, 2021
Next-Gen Bioresorbable Scaffold Gets Hesitant Enthusiasm Is BRS technology ready for a comeback? May 21, 2021
Invasive Treatment for Stable CAD: Is There a Cardiac Mortality Benefit? Discussion continues after ISCHEMIA's letdown for stenting and surgery May 19, 2021
Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
FFR Disappoints as Guide for PCI on Non-Culprit Lesions in STEMI Angiography-guided strategy holds strong in FLOWER-MI trial May 16, 2021
ARNI Therapy in the Hot Seat at Another Virtual ACC PARADISE-MI to provide data on Entresto for MI survivors with reduced LVEF May 14, 2021
COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 10, 2021
Bone Density Scans and Cardiovascular Disease: Two Birds, One Stone? DXA scans may improve atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk-stratification for women May 06, 2021
What's Behind the Mysterious Chest Pain in Bladder Cancer Patient? Cardiomyopathy risks interrupting cancer treatment, worsening prognosis May 03, 2021
Complete Coronary Revascularization: One Definition to Unite Them All? New framework proposed around ISCHEMIA trial findings Apr 22, 2021
Stripped of Hospital Privileges, St. Louis Cardiologists Go to Court Suit against SSM Health seeks $50 million if former status not restored Apr 02, 2021
Choice of Erectile Dysfunction Med May Have Heart Health Implications Large observational study of PDE-5 inhibitors vs alprostadil Mar 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives Mar 22, 2021
Loop Recorder Proves Mettle in Broader Stroke Population STROKE AF trial supports use outside of cryptogenic stroke category Mar 18, 2021
Uneven Progress Closing Race Gap in Heart Health Urban areas more successful at narrowing disparities Mar 15, 2021
Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world? Mar 12, 2021
And the Magic Number for Daily Fruit, Vegetable Intake Is... No benefit to peas, corn, potatoes observed in cohort studies Mar 01, 2021
White Bread or White Rice? Glycemic Index Telling of CVD Risk Across Borders Observational study suggests role of diet in primary, secondary prevention alike Feb 24, 2021
ACC Report: Cardiac Care Better Woman-to-Woman Group suggests rethink of cardiology culture and medical education Feb 22, 2021
FDA Advisors Pan Drug-Coated Balloon for Lower-Leg Ischemia Panel members cite muddy efficacy data Feb 18, 2021
Drinks, Drugs and Smokes Spell Early Heart Disease Amphetamines, cannabis, and cocaine posed the greatest ASCVD risk in the young Feb 16, 2021
Coronary Disease: Plugged Pipes or Popped Pimple? A better analogy for what's happening to the coronary vessels Feb 07, 2021
Some of Last Year's Deferred Cardiac Surgeries Likely Still in Backlog Report describes effect of COVID on surgical case volumes, outcomes Jan 31, 2021
Vascular Surgeon Pleads Guilty in Blood Vessel Scam Physician performed unnecessary procedures and faked thousands of insurance claims, feds say Dec 22, 2020
Will Vascepa Train Roll Past Negative Omega-3 Results? STRENGTH, OMEMI temper enthusiasm but may not change much Nov 24, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Novel Screening Approach Promising for Silent CAD More than 40% of healthy Swedish participants still had subclinical coronary artery disease Nov 16, 2020
ANGPTL3 Blocker Halves LDL in High-Risk Group Evinacumab worked in patients refractory to statins, PCSK9 inhibitors Nov 16, 2020
After Stenting, Aspirin May Be Just as Good Solo After 1-Month DAPT Randomized trial makes a case for dropping the P2Y12 inhibitor Nov 15, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020