Cardiovascular disease (CVD), chronic kidney disease (CKD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are three of the leading causes of death in the United States, and many Americans find themselves battling more than one of those conditions.…

Surgeons with the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore have transplanted a genetically modified pig heart into a 58-year-old patient facing near-certain death from…

Empagliflozin has been granted an additional indication by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adult patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). According to the agency’s…

Cardiologists with Henry Ford Health are the first physicians in the United States to use a new investigational device, the K-Clip Transvascular Tricuspid Repair System, to treat a patient…

Pharmacy-provided low-cost generic programs (LCGPs) can help improve patient access to affordable cardiovascular disease (CVD) medications. According to a new analysis published in Annals of Internal Medicine, however,…

Aortic stenosis (AS) is quite common among older patients, and severe AS can be fatal if left untreated with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), surgery or other medical therapies. However, no guidelines currently exist…

The number of obesity-related cardiovascular deaths in the United States has tripled in the last two decades, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.[1] Black women have been hit…

Certain intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) manufactured by Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge, have been involved in…

The Biden administration has announced the first 10 drugs that will have their prices negotiated as part the Inflation Reduction Act. A majority of them are regularly used to treat cardiovascular concerns such as…

Semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor originally developed to treat diabetes, is associated with weight loss and fewer adverse events among obese heart failure patients…

ESC Congress 2023, the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), is scheduled for Aug. 25-28 in Amsterdam.

ESC Congress is often described as…

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will highlight 30 late-breaking studies during…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Abiomed is recalling the labeling for its Impella RP Flex with SmartAssist catheter.

This is a…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge, is once again recalling certain Cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) due to a risk that the…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Datascope, a subsidiary of Getinge, is recalling certain Cardiosave intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs) due to a risk that the devices…

Expanding Medicaid eligibility is associated with significant improvements in care for low-income patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure,…

U.S. News & World Report published its annual list of the country’s top hospitals for cardiology and heart surgery for 2023. The rankings are based on outcomes data and other key details from close to 800…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Abiomed is recalling all of its left-sided Impella blood pumps. This is a Class I recall, which means using these devices “may cause…