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The incidence of opioid-associated cardiac arrest increased significantly in 2012-2018, according to a study presented at the virtual European Society of Cardiology Congress 2021. Investigators who examined and compared...

Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) offers a small net benefit in an older population, according to a study published in The Lancet, to coincide with the virtual European Society of Cardiology Congress 2021. Researchers...

Despite a large number of patients with T2D being eligible for guideline-recommended, cardioprotective, anti-hyperglycemic therapies, substantial gaps exist in the use of SGLT-2 inhibitors and GLP-1RAs, according to a study....

Pre-pregnancy cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent and are associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes, according to a research letter published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Researchers...

Twenty-year experience from a single center suggests that most athletes with long QT syndrome (LQTS) can safely return to play, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, to coincide...

In a report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, an expert consensus decision pathway (ECDP) was presented for the management of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk reduction in...

Participation of women in cardiovascular clinical trials is suboptimal, and barriers need to be identified and addressed, according to a paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Noting that women in...

A study found that risk for coronary heart disease was more than two-fold higher for smokers versus non-smokers among Black patients. Black patients who smoke are twice as likely to develop coronary heart disease (CHD) compared...

Catheter ablation significantly improved major clinical outcomes compared with drug thera- py among racial or ethnic minorities with atrial fibrillation (AF) enrolled in the CABANA trial, according to a study published in the...

Individuals with South Asian ancestry have an increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascu- lar disease (CVD) compared with those with European ancestry, according to a study pub- lished in Circulation. Researchers examined...

New research was presented at Heart Rhythm 2021, the hybrid annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society, held virtually starting June 30 and in person from July 28-31, in Boston. The features below highlight some of the studies...

Patients living with heart failure (HF) may also face a higher risk of cancer, according to a study presented at the virtual annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and si- multaneously published in ESC Heart...

Upward or downward relative wealth mobility during midlife is associated with lower or higher levels of cardiovascular (CV) events, respectively, later in life, according to a study published in JAMA Cardiology. Researchers...

Personalized Rehab Benefits Older Patients With Heart Failure Although research indicates that older adults hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure (HF) have high rates of poor quality of life, delayed recovery,...