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A simple way to ensure more heart patients with severe AS receive the care they need

Sending helpful alerts through email and the electronic health record can make a significant impact on patient care, according to new data presented at ACC.25 and published in Circulation.

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Patients requiring a permanent pacemaker after TAVR face higher long-term risk of death

As TAVR continues to grow in popularity, researchers noted, it becomes more and more important to know how different complications impact long-term outcomes.

Christopher Kramer ACC President

Cardiologist begins term as ACC president with an eye on workforce issues, health equity and more

Christopher M. Kramer, MD, is a longtime cardiologist and cardiac imaging specialist. His one-year term as the head of the American College of Cardiology officially began at the end of ACC.25 in Chicago.

Heart Rhythm Advocates (HRA), the political advocacy wing of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS).

Heart Rhythm Society legislative advocacy group raising funds for electrophysiology

This week, Heart Rhythm Advocates announced its establishment and called on cardiologists and EPs to support its efforts with membership and joining committees to guide efforts.

Former American College of Cardiology president Hadley Wilson, MD, executive vice chair of Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, and a clinical professor of medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, offers what he saw as the main takeaway messages in the ACC 2025 late breaking trials.

Key takeaways from ACC.25: Advances in cardiovascular science

Former American College of Cardiology president Hadley Wilson, MD, executive vice chair of Atrium Health Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, explains his main takeaway messages from the ACC 2025 late-breaking trials.

Philippe Généreux, MD, presenting late-breaking clinical research on TAVR at ACC.25

New TAVR research explores adverse outcomes, disease progression in patients with asymptomatic severe AS

Two separate studies at ACC.25 explored data from the EARLY TAVR trial. One analysis included stroke findings that surprised researchers.

Sergio Raposeiras-Roubin, MD, presenting new data on TAVR and dapagliflozin at ACC.25 in Chicago

Dapagliflozin improves outcomes for elderly TAVR patients with heart failure

The positive data were presented as part of a late-breaking clinical trial at ACC.25 in Chicago. One cardiologist on stage for the presentation said these findings will impact the way he manages certain TAVR patients.

Video interview with Gregg Fonarow, MD, explaining the success of the AHA Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program, during AHA 2024.

American Heart Association program leads to substantial improvements in stroke care

Cardiologist Gregg Fonarow, MD, reviewed decades of data and discussed the long-term impact of the AHA's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program.