The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association and nine other leading medical associations, today issued an updated guideline for the management of dyslipidemia—abnormal ...

The ACC has issued guidance for the diagnosis and management of acute myocarditis in adult patients, delivering a streamlined decision-making framework that reflects recent advancements in clinical ...

Inflammation plays a central role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. 1 Atherosclerosis in particular is an inflammatory process that involves endothelial dysfunction, ...

Spironolactone, an aldosterone blocker, compared with placebo, did not show any significant improvement in terms of heart failure (HF) hospitalizations and cardiovascular death at 24 months in ...

US and international guidelines advocate for the achievement of very low levels of LDL-C, particularly for individuals at highest risk. The concerns about stroke and cognitive issues with very low LDL ...

The PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab reduced the risk of a first major cardiovascular event in patients with diabetes without known significant atherosclerosis, according to a prespecified subgroup analysis ...

Sotatercept, an activin signaling inhibitor, was associated with significant improvements in blood pressure and vascular health in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) ...

Digitoxin in addition to guideline-directed medical therapy, reduced the risk of a composite of all-cause death and hospitalization for worsening heart failure (HF) among patients with advanced HF and ...

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle explores four recent articles that examine how we care for patients. First, Dr. Eagle looks at a new state-of-the-art review that outlines a multidisciplinary framework ...

There is a need for strategies to offset the increased cardiovascular risk associated with elevated Lp(a) in primary prevention. Secondary analyses of clinical trials using genetic instruments and ...

A newly released ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) focused on the clinical assessment, management and trajectory of patients hospitalized with heart failure (HF) includes revisions to the ...

Chronic consumption of high levels of caffeine a day can lead to an increase in high heart rate and blood pressure that persists after resting from a step test, increasing the risk of cardiovascular ...