This channel includes news on cardiovascular care delivery, including how patients are diagnosed and treated, cardiac care guidelines, policies or legislation impacting patient care, device recalls that may impact patient care, and cardiology practice management.
Boarding is hospital-speak for when patients get left in the emergency department, typically on gurneys or in wheelchairs, for many hours—sometimes days—because no inpatient beds are available.
The more you maintain good physical fitness from your mid-40s to your mid-60s, the likelier you are to add years to your life and life to your later years.
Data on the treatment and management of HFmrEF are limited, but a new scientific statement from the Heart Failure Society of America highlights how important it is to take this condition seriously.
A new generation of AI-native researchers is leading the way in the war on cancer. This next crop of scientists is AI-native, interdisciplinary—and comfortable challenging assumptions.
The roots of medicine are in the promotion of human welfare, aka humanitarianism. Healthcare AI can either degrade or reinforce this heritage. Who picks the path?
New ACC/AHA recommendations encourage clinicians to take a proactive approach when managing patients with elevated or high blood pressure. The inclusion of renal denervation in this document represents clear progress for a relatively new technology.
Pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, accounts for approximately 5% of all emergency department evaluations for chest pain. These new recommendations are designed to help guide clinicians through the ins and outs of patient care.