People with cardiometabolic disorders—such as obesity, diabetes and heart disease—could increase their chances of living longer by adopting a healthy plant-based diet, according to a study being ...

Findings from the PREVUE-VALVE study presented at TCT 2025 shed light on the prevalence of valvular heart disease (VHD) and its subtypes among older Americans, as well as the influence of age, sex, ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) released three major guideline updates during ESC Congress 2026 related to cardiac rehabilitation, chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure (HF). The ...

Asundexian was associated with a higher incidence of stroke or systemic embolism, but less major bleeding, compared with apixaban among patients with atrial fibrillation (AFib) who were at high risk ...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based echocardiogram (ECG) analysis significantly improved STEMI detection, reduced false activations and enhanced recognition of nonconventional presentations, according ...

Interventional science was the focus of a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2026, with studies shedding light on milvexian with antiplatelet therapy following an acute coronary event; aspirin omission ...

Vessel fractional flow reserve (vFFR)-guided revascularization was noninferior to pressure-wire-based fractional flow reserve (FFR)-guided revascularization in patients with intermediate coronary ...

Older patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) for whom PCI was deferred until after TAVI had similar outcomes as those for whom it was not deferred, according to findings from the PRO-TAVI study ...

The SGLT2 inhibitor empagliflozin did not lower the risk of a first hospitalization for heart failure (HF) or death from any cause among patients with an increased risk for HF following acute ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule, updating the PFS conversion factor from $32.3465 to $33.5875 for ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), on May 1, released the following joint statement in ...

The 2026 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway (ECDP) for the Management of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF) reflects a significant evolution in how HFpEF is understood and ...