News

A new study from investigators at University Hospitals (UH) and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine describes an orally administered small-molecule drug that reduces PCSK9 levels and lowers cholesterol in animal models by 70%.

Transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people assigned male at birth who identify as women are known to have increased cardiovascular health risks.

Genesis MedTech Group announced that the FDA has approved the Chocolate Touch® Drug-coated Balloon PTA Catheter, developed by TriReme Medical LLC, for the treatment of patients with peripheral artery disease in the superficial femoral artery...

Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is celebrating a 10-year partnership with the main hospital in Belize, providing expertise, training and equipment to patients and providers living in the county.

After patients were discharged from a hospital following emergency care, researchers saw a significant decrease in hospital readmission among patients who received automated check-in text messages from their primary care team.

Amgen presented end-of-treatment data from its Phase 2 OCEAN(a)-DOSE study of investigational olpasiran (formerly AMG 890) in adults with elevated lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels (>150 nmol/L) and a history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular...

Medtronic announced the six-month results from the full cohort of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED clinical trial. The data were presented today as Late-Breaking Clinical Science at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2022. 

The risk of developing myocarditis -- or inflammation of the heart muscle -- is seven times higher with a COVID-19 infection than with the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a recent study by Penn State College of Medicine scientists. Patients...

As heart cells mature in mice, the number of communication pathways called nuclear pores dramatically decreases, according to new research.

Incidence of myocarditis, pericarditis or myopericarditis is two- to threefold higher after a second dose of the Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine when compared to the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine; however, overall cases of heart...