Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Deal Watch: Lilly Will Take Over Beam’s Rights To Verve Cardiovascular Assets

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Can technology eliminate cardiovascular disease? 5 leaders weigh in

Advances in technology make it easier to detect and treat cardiovascular diseases, which begs the question: Could medicine reach a point where it could eliminate it? Here, five cardiology leaders weigh in on the possibilities of ending cardiovascular disease: Gopi Dandamudi, MD. Executive Medical Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Health at Virginia Mason Franciscan […]

Silence unveils more PhI data for siRNA drug in new cardiovascular race targeting Lp(a)

Si­lence Ther­a­peu­tics’ siR­NA as­set showed hints of ef­fi­ca­cy in car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease pa­tients en­rolled in a Phase I tri­al amid re­cent read­outs from pipeline ri­vals backed by Big Phar­ma com­pa­nies. The biotech’s drug, zer­lasir­an, is de­signed to low­er the body’s pro­duc­tion of lipopro­tein(a), or Lp(a), which is con­sid­ered a ge­net­ic risk fac­tor for car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease. The […]

Study Predicts Alarming Increase in Cardiovascular Deaths Due to Impact of Extreme Heat

New research published this week in Circulation showed that extreme heat was associated with 1,651 excess cardiovascular deaths per year from 2008 to 2019. The study further concludes that extreme heat is projected to lead to a significantly higher burden of excess cardiovascular deaths in the United States by midcentury (2036–2065), with elderly adults and […]

Cardiovascular-Related Deaths Due to Extreme Heat Projected to Double Between 2036 and 2065

Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat could more than double by the middle of the century in the United States, according to findings of a study published in Circulation.1,2 Furthermore, without reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, it could even triple, investigators said. lamyai – stock.adobe.com “Climate change and its many manifestations will play an increasingly […]

Vizient partners with Cardio Diagnostics for AI cardiovascular tests

The tests aim to to identify individuals at risk of coronary heart disease. Credit: sanjeri via Getty Images. Cardio Diagnostics Holdings has received a contract from healthcare performance improvement company Vizient for access to AI-driven heart disease tests.  Under the contract, Vizient’s customer base, which includes a significant portion of hospitals and academic medical centres […]

Dr. Marc A. Pfeffer to be receive the 2023 Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2023 — The American Heart Association will present its 2023 Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award to Marc A. Pfeffer, M.D., Ph.D., FAHA, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The Eugene Braunwald Academic Mentorship Award will be recognized […]

Dr. Yibin Wang of Duke-NUS to Receive the 2023 Basic Research Prize

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2023 — The American Heart Association will present its 2023 Basic Research Prize to Yibin Wang, Ph.D., FAHA, of Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC. He will be recognized during the Presidential Session […]

Dr. Zainab Mahmoud to Receive the 2023 Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Research Goes Red® Award

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2023 – The American Heart Association will present the 2023 Dr. Nanette K. Wenger Research Goes Red® Award to Zainab Mahmoud, M.D., M.Sc., of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. This award will be presented during the […]

Dr. Pradeep Natarajan to receive the 2023 Joseph A. Vita Award

Embargoed until 7 a.m. CT / 8 a.m. ET Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2023 — The American Heart Association will present its 2023 Joseph A. Vita Award to Pradeep Natarajan, M.D., M.M.Sc., FAHA, of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. This award will be presented during the opening session on Saturday, Nov. […]