Cardiology Associations

This page includes news coverage of cardiology societies and associations. Follow these links for specific cardiology society news pages: American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), American Society Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC), European Society of Cardiology (ESC), Heart Rhythm Society (HRS), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography Interventions (SCAI), Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT), Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), and Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA).

Persistent mitral regurgitation after TAVR more common among women than men
The study's authors emphasized that these data should be kept in mind when making treatment decisions for female patients with severe AS.
Heart attack patients treated at for-profit hospitals more likely to be readmitted
Readmission rates are getting lower over time among patients treated at nonprofit hospitals. At for-profit facilities, meanwhile, readmission rates have stayed relatively unchanged.
High-quality heart failure care is easy to find for many Americans—but care gaps remain
The Heart Failure Society of America has released a new comprehensive look at HF clinics in the United States. The report includes more than 300 programs that serve approximately 626,000 patients.
Semaglutide is improving the heart health of millions—but how? Experts are stumped
“Our analyses could not fully ascribe the effects of semaglutide on cardiovascular disease to known risk factors with any certainty,” one researcher said after exploring years of data. "These results suggest that semaglutide should be considered as a cardiovascular disease reduction drug and not just as a weight loss drug."
AI uses routine CT images to evaluate cardiovascular risk
Researchers have trained a new AI model to read routine medical images and deliver accurate cardiovascular age assessments.

Ginger Biesbrock, DSc, PA-C, MPH, FACC, Senior Vice President, National Heart and Vascular Service Line, Advocate Health, explains what is needed for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) imaging programs to be successful from the C-suite and administrator perspective. She spoke at the SCCT 2026 meeting.

CCTA programs need a strategic C-suite case to drive growth and efficiency

Advocates say the shift to CCTA can translate into a broader financial impacts, with some cath labs potentially seeing margin increases of as much as 40%.

Natalia Trayanova, PhD, FNAI, FHRS, FAHA, FACC, FESC, FEHRA, FIAMBE, FBMES, FAIMBE, FIUPS, FIEEE, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Director of the Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment innovation (ADVANCE), and director of AI research in health and medicine, at the Data Science and AI Institute at Johns Hopkins University, explains how her team has developed a digital twin to copy the electrical function of a specific patient's heart to test various ablation strategies.

Digital twin technology shows ability to personalize ablation planning

Digital twins may be used in the near future to help clinicians plan ahead before EP ablation procedures. They could preview how the patient's heart will react to treatment, for example, increasing the odds of a positive outcome.

8 in 10 young adults have CKM syndrome, increasing their risk of early arterial injury

These findings underscore the importance of making healthy lifestyle decisions at a young age.

Veteran interventional cardiologist named editor-in-chief of ACC journal

Mohamad Alkhouli, MD, MBA, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic School of Medicine and practicing cardiologist, has been named the next editor-in-chief of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions.

The power of quality improvement: How a cath lab transformed care for PCI patients

A multidisciplinary committee formed in 2022 to identify ways to improve safety and efficiency in their facility's cath lab. By 2024, it was clear the group's proposals had made a major impact.

Ron Blankstein, FACC, FASNC, FSCCT, FASPC, director of cardiac computed tomography, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and professor of medicine, radiology, at Harvard Medical School, explains how cardiac imaging departments need to plan for the involved process of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms into clinical practice. #SCCT #YesCCT

How to integrate AI into cardiac imaging workflows

Implementing advanced AI models into daily practice takes much more than simply installing software. It requires a clinical champion and multiple stakeholders to coordinate the effort.

AHA says new legislation would strengthen stroke care and prevention

Sen. Ben Ray Luján, a stroke survivor, introduced the new bill. If passed, it would direct the federal government to study how stroke care is delivered in the United States and fund efforts aimed at improving treatments, data collection and public awareness.

Srihari S. Naidu, MD, FACC, FAHA, MSCAI, director of cath labs and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Westchester Medical Center, explains concerns about the possible loss of expertise in surgical myectomy and interventional alcohol septal ablation as the procedure volumes to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) due to the introduction of new drug therapies.

HCM drug advances have been a breakthrough—but more invasive treatments are still vital

Some HCM experts are concerned about the potential loss of surgical and interventional expertise as procedural volumes decline.

Cardiology Associations

Persistent mitral regurgitation after TAVR more common among women than men

Heart attack patients treated at for-profit hospitals more likely to be readmitted

High-quality heart failure care is easy to find for many Americans—but care gaps remain

Semaglutide is improving the heart health of millions—but how? Experts are stumped

AI uses routine CT images to evaluate cardiovascular risk