Monthly Archives: October 2023

October 27, 2023 — Shockwave Medical, Inc., which develops technologies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease, has announced the planned United States introduction of the Shockwave C2+ Coronary Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) catheter, following approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The enhanced C2+ catheter made its U.S. debut at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation […]

DALLAS — Climate scientists are warning that extreme heat, resulting from global warming, could potentially triple cardiovascular-related deaths within the next 50 years. Scientists predict that if minimal efforts are made to reduce emissions, deaths due to cardiovascular issues, such as stroke and heart attack, influenced by heat could see an increase of up to […]

Heart-related deaths due to extreme heat are expected to significantly increase in the United States, according to a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study, published Monday in the journal Circulation, analyzed the heat index between May and September of 2008–2019 and found that it rose to at least 90 degrees […]

Cardiovascular deaths due to extreme heat are projected to increase between 2036 and 2065, according to a National Institutes of Health-backed study. Published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation Monday, researchers found these deaths may more than double by the middle of the century, with older and Black adults likely to be disproportionately affected. From […]