Category Archives: Cardiovascular

The national Board of Directors of the American Heart Association last week voted to provide full support to the House of Cardiology’s consortium proposal to create a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine (ABCVM) specifically to certify cardiovascular physicians. The proposal for the new ABCVM was announced on September 21, 2023 by the consortium of […]

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) released the world’s first classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack, based on heart tissue damage research that was driven by two cardiovascular investigators within the Ischemic Heart Disease Program of Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center (KCVRC) at Indiana University School of Medicine and Northern Ontario School of Medicine. […]

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The American Heart Association said it is officially joining efforts to create a new American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine specific to cardiovascular physicians, alongside other professional societies. One Texas hospital has over half of stents placed meeting criteria for overuse, according to the nationwide ranking in a report from the Lown Institute. Following actor Matthew […]

Oct 30 2023 Cardiovascular deaths from extreme heat in the U.S. may more than double by the middle of the century. Without reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, that number could even triple, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation. Study: Projected Change in the Burden of Excess Cardiovascular Deaths Associated […]

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Professor Eung Ju Kim of the Cardiovascular Center, Korea University’s Guro Hospital, and his research team identified the gender difference of prescription patterns and clinical prognosis in patients with resistant hypertension for the first time. Using the Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership Common Data Model (OMOP-CDM), the research team analyzed population characteristics, […]

When it’s freezing out, trekking to the office, getting a run in, or shoveling piles of snow from your walkway can be a major pain. But you’re not wrong to want to lay low when it’s frigid out. Cold weather can do a number on your heart, according to Jeffrey Berger, MD, the director of […]