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Atrial fibrillation guidelines focus on shared care, patient empowerment, comorbidities and more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), include

Two-thirds of deaths related to high BMI are due to cardiovascular diseases, says consensus

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Clinical Consensus Statement on Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease, presented at this year’s ESC Congress (London, UK, 30 August to 2

AI-based tongue imaging could help enable non-invasive detection of coronary artery disease

The tongue diagnosis instrument and collection process. 1: lens hood, 2: LED light resource, 3: high-definition camera, 4: chin support plate. Note. Use fixed standard camera parameters when shooting: the

Is long-term beta-blocker therapy needed after a heart attack?

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The cardiovascular safety of an interrupting beta-blocker could not be shown in comparison to continuation in patients with a history of myocardial infarction (MI) and there

Vutrisiran offers a new lifeline to patients with progressive heart condition

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Vutrisiran significantly improved mortality, cardiovascular events and markers of disease progression in patients with transthyretin amyloidosis with cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM), according to late-breaking research presented in a

Scientists discover a new cardiovascular risk factor and identify a drug able to reduce its effects

Summary of main findings by CNIC researchers. Clonal hematopoiesis and the expansion of blood cells carrying certain acquired mutations represent a new cause of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, not a

New clues on how the heart makes arteries

A 3D image of an embryonic mouse heart. Endothelial cells vascularize the heart muscle walls (shown in green). This process establishes the coronary vasculature that nourishes the heart muscle. Credit:

Single blood test predicts 30-year cardiovascular disease risks for women

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Research supported by the National Institutes of Health has found that measuring two types of fat in the bloodstream along with C-reactive protein (CRP), a marker

Digital consultations found to improve the rate at which heart failure patients receive optimal medication

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Patients with heart failure, a condition affecting more than 60 million worldwide, are four times more likely to receive the optimal combination of medications after 12

Novel low-dose 3-in-1 blood pressure pill significantly outperforms standard care, study shows

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research shows that a treatment plan based on a novel combination of low doses of three anti-hypertensive drugs in a single pill—known as GMRx2—was superior