Coffee: A Cup a Day Keeps Heart Failure Away
Drinking coffee is linked to a lower risk of heart failure, challenging previous assumptions about caffeine consumption and heart health.
Heart Disease
Odds of Anxiety, Depression, ADHD Up With Congenital Heart Disease
Youth with congenital heart disease have increased odds of anxiety and/or depression or ADHD, regardless of disease severity,
ESC Updates Guidelines for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
In 2020 European Society of Cardiology guidelines, updated recommendations are presented for the care of adult patients with congenital heart disease.
CDC: Deaths From Exposure to Heat-Related Conditions Identified
A total of 10,527 deaths resulting from exposure to heat-related conditions were identified during 2004 to 2018.
Changes Proposed for Newborn Congenital Heart Disease Screen
Changes have been suggested for the newborn critical congenital heart disease screening algorithm.
Collaboration Between Medical Specialty Societies and Charitable Clinics Improves Health of Vulnerable Patient Groups
An ACC initiative in North Carolina aims to provide uninsured cardiac patients with heart medications free of charge.
Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Less Aggressive Treatment for Cardiac Arrest in Hospitalized Patients
The results of a retrospective study published in Resuscitation suggest that post-resuscitation interventions are less aggressive following in-hospital cardiac arrest for patients with cancer compared with individuals without a history of cancer. Although there is evidence that the clinical outcomes of patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest, as well as of patients with cancer in general,…
CDC: Cancer Death Rates Decreased, Heart Disease Deaths Rose
Cancer death rates decreased from 1999 to 2017; heart disease deaths dropped to 2011 and then increased.
Guidance Issued for Managing Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Race/ethnicity, age, hypertension, obesity are key risk factors for CVD-related maternal mortality.
MRI Cardiac Stress Test Predicts Death From Heart Disease
Test has been underused and represents less than 1% of stress tests, study authors say.
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