In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at predicting long-term outcomes in patients with recurrent pericarditis. He then ...

“PulseCheck” is a series within CardiaCast that is designed for nurses or allied healthcare professionals who are new, or new to cardiology, offering practical team-based solutions to the challenges ...

Award-winning posters presented at ACC Quality Summit 2024 explored improving identification of high-risk NSTEMI patients, enhancing post PCI creatinine compliance, automating registry data collection ...

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on the established and emerging therapeutic role of mineralocorticoid antagonism in patients with heart failure (HF): ...

Both presence and extent of LGE were associated with all-cause mortality, CV mortality, arrhythmia, HF events, and MACE in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM). Of note, higher ...

Very dense calcified coronary plaque on chest CT is associated with reduced CV events, and CV risk factors including diabetes are inversely associated with plaque density, while statins and physical ...

Black patients presenting to the ED with stroke-like symptoms experienced longer time from symptom onset to ED presentation and lower use of EMS prenotification of the ED. Patients from lower ...

The following are key points to remember from a review article comparing American and European guideline recommendations for diagnostic workup and secondary prevention of ischemic stroke and transient ...

Urinary levels of non-essential (i.e., cadmium, tungsten, uranium) and essential metals (i.e., cobalt, copper, zinc) are associated with increased coronary artery calcification (CAC) and are ...

Metal exposure from environmental pollution is associated with increased calcium buildup in the coronary arteries at a level comparable to traditional risk factors like smoking and diabetes, according ...

STEMI remains a major cause of morbidity, mortality, disability, and high health care costs in Latin America and the rest of the world. New data assessing the impact of ACC's Global Heart Attack ...