Heart Failure Mortality Higher Now Than in 1999
There needs to be a “focus on prevention of diseases and a redesign of how we deliver care,” says Marat Fudim.
There needs to be a “focus on prevention of diseases and a redesign of how we deliver care,” says Marat Fudim.
BACKGROUND: The clinical application of human induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes (CMs) for cardiac repair commenced with the epicardial delivery of engineered cardiac tissue; howeve
Contact: Olivia Walther, owalther@acc.org , WASHINGTON and DALLAS (May 08, 2024) – The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) today…
BACKGROUND: Evaluation of the residual risk in patient with chronic coronary syndrome is challenging in daily practice. Several types of events (myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke,…
BACKGROUND: Dysregulated metabolism of bioactive sphingolipids, including ceramides and sphingosine-1-phosphate, has been implicated in cardiovascular disease, although the specific species, disease
BackgroundPercutaneous heart valve procedures have been increasingly performed over the past decade, yet real‐world mortality data on valvular heart disease (VHD) in the United States…
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is associated with a high rate of mortality and morbidity, and ventricular remodeling invariably precedes heart failure. Ventricular remodeling is fundamentally driven…
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The annual ACC Legislative Conference brings together ACC members from across the country to advocate for cardiovascular professionals and their patients.
BACKGROUND: Among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), acute vasoreactivity testing during right heart catheterization may identify acute vasoresponders, for whom treatment with high-
Aim The “2024 AHA/ACC/AMSSM/HRS/PACES/SCMR Guideline for the Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy” provides recommendations to guide clinicians in the management of patients with hypertrophic ca