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CVD deaths rose, imaging declined during pandemic
Two new papers quantify the impact of COVID-19 on patients with heart disease: more deaths, less disease testing or diagnosis. Experts suggest...
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Elite soccer players have big hearts and that’s okay
Dataset provides reference standards to answer a question cardiologists face regularly: Is this heart ‘big good’ or ‘big bad?’ Norms are...
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COVID-19 case fatality doubled in heart transplant patients
Heart recipients are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and should be referred for specialist care, according to transplant experts from...
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Myocarditis rare, macrophage infiltration common at COVID autopsy
An autopsy study shows myocarditis is uncommon, seen in only 14% of COVID-19 deaths, but macrophage infiltration is very common and might explain...
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Proinflammatory dietary pattern linked to higher CV risk
Diets high in foods that increase inflammation were associated with increased risk of heart disease and stroke, compared with those filled with...
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ACC expert consensus on post-TAVR arrhythmias
The new document was deemed essential because of the frequency, consequences, and heterogeneity of approaches to post-TAVR conduction disturbances...
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Higher serum omega-3 tied to better outcome after STEMI
Regular consumption of marine-derived and vegetable-derived omega-3s was associated with improved prognosis after STEMI, observational data show...
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More U.S. cardiologists opting for larger practices
Industry consolidation and administrative burdens appear to be pushing U.S. cardiologists away from solo and small practices.
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CMS to broaden transcatheter mitral valve repair coverage, and change its name
It’s not final, but functional mitral regurgitation would be newly covered under the proposed national coverage decision, which also changes the...
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Primary prevention statins cut mortality even in the very elderly: VHA study
The current findings “provide additional support for treatment guidelines that have increasingly advocated for more widespread use of statin...