Pets and heart health

Owning a pet could help lower your risk of heart disease.

State-by-State Stats Show Disparities, Lost Ground in CVD

The burden of cardiovascular disease has increased in several states in recent years, suggesting that the long-term decline in CVD may be ending, researchers warn.

Infections could trigger stroke in pregnant women during hospital delivery

By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS Pregnant women who have an infection when they enter the hospital for delivery might be at higher risk of having a stroke during their stay, according to new research. The study, published Friday in the journal Stroke, tried to determine if infections contribute to stroke […]

Prior Silent MI Linked to Tripling of Risk in Acute MI Patients

Silent MIs predicted major adverse events and death in patients presenting with their first clinical acute MI, independent of common clinical, angiographic, and functional variables.

Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Robert Guyton

The son of famed 'Medical Physiology' textbook author Arthur Guyton tells Dr Ohman about his journey to cardiothoracic surgery and the rivalry among his nine physician siblings.

TLR, Even With Modern Stents, Can Raise MI, Mortality Risk

Interventionalists may downplay PCI's higher target-lesion revascularization risk, but to surgeons it 'isn't as trivial as we sometimes make it sound. And they might be on to something,' says an expert.

Apr 20, 2018 This Week in Cardiology

Ambulatory BP measurements, advanced practice providers, medical marijuana for sleep apnea, Barbara Bush's comfort care, and apixaban for cardioversion are the topics discussed in this week's podcast.