Pulmonary embolism (PE) mortality has increased over the past decade and racial and geographic disparities persist. Black women and men have an approximately two-fold higher age-adjusted mortality ...

A new multi-society Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) document focuses on cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), specifically implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), cardiac ...

Taylor receiving ACC's 2024 Pamela S. Douglas Award for Diversity and Inclusion at ACC.24 in Atlanta, GA. Herman A. Taylor's, MD, FACC, pioneering career in cardiovascular medicine has been ...

Disparities in life expectancy, driven by race, geography, socioeconomic status and systemic inequities, have widened alarmingly – from a 12.6-year gap in 2000 to a staggering 20.4 years by 2021 in ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily reassigned coronary CT angiography (CCTA) codes 75572-75574 from ambulatory payment classification (APC) 5571 to APC 5572 in the ...

The number of people in the U.S. who suffered from substance use disorder (SUD) in 2022 hit 48.7 million, of whom 17.3% were >12 years old. The economic burden of opioid use disorder alone was ...

In recent years, numerous health care challenges have been tackled, some making headlines, while others quietly escalate under the radar – like polypharmacy. Cardiovascular medications frequently lead ...

Digital HWC programs (human coaching supported with digital tools) are structured, evidence-based and increasingly delivered via telehealth. 4,11 These programs begin with the enrollment and risk ...

The ACC has issued new guidance on practical approaches for arrhythmia monitoring after stroke, offering clinicians tailored strategies to improve post-stroke care by identifying and managing atrial ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) continues to challenge clinicians with its complex presentation and potential for rapid deterioration. As the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the U.S.

An expert panel report, the last of three in a special series published in JACC: CardioOncology, focuses on evaluating the current evidence and highlighting gaps in both evidence and guideline ...

Mechanical surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) was associated with lower all-cause mortality in patients ≤60 years old compared with bioprosthetic AVR, according to a study on the longitudinal ...