Patients undergoing atrial fibrillation (AFib) ablation who were not properly anticoagulated and did not undergo preprocedural transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE) were significantly more likely to ...

Congratulations new Fellows and Associates! The College is proud to welcome you and stand with you during this milestone in your career. With your achievement, you have distinguished yourself as a ...

Compared with oral anticoagulant (OAC)-experienced patients, OAC-naïve patients received the same benefit in decreased bleeding risk with asundexian vs. apixaban but they were also less likely to ...

More patients who received the Watchman 2.5 device compared with the Amulet occluder device for left atrial appendage occlusion experienced high-risk device-related thrombi (DRTs), according to a ...

Tiny fragments of plastic have become ubiquitous in our environment and our bodies. Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a ...

Transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement (TTVR) may be a "feasible and effective approach" for treating high-risk patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) who have limited therapeutic ...

An early one-time simultaneous measurement of LDL-C, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) can independently predict long-term cardiovascular risk, according to a ...

Marijuana is now legal in many places, but is it safe? Two new studies add to mounting evidence that people who use cannabis are more likely to suffer a heart attack than people who do not use the ...

Lifestyle and health factors that are linked with heart disease appear to have a greater impact on cardiovascular risk in women than men, according to a study being presented at the American College ...

Women of childbearing age who had both ovaries removed, in a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy, were more likely to develop heart failure later in life, according to a study being presented at ...

The drug tirzepatide improved kidney function and cardiovascular outcomes among patients with obesity and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) compared with placebo at one year, ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) was superior to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in women with severe aortic stenosis (AS), according to results from the RHEIA trial published ...