Inflammation and autoimmune-like dysfunction may play a role in heart failure

When the heart's muscle is weakened or injured due to a heart attack, it can make it hard for the heart to pump enough blood ...

Heart disease deaths declined. And here's how to reduce your risk of the #1 killer

An annual report from the American Heart Association shows deaths from heart disease and stroke are down, encouraging news after the rate went up in the early years of the pandemic.
USA Today

Is heart disease preventable? How to reduce your risk, according to cardiologists

Heart disease continues to stand as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. Coronary heart disease, the most common type of heart disease in the U.S., was responsible for the deaths of nearly ...
Hospital Healthcare Europe

Unified hierarchical standards for heart failure outcomes established

A structured, tiered catalogue of standards for heart failure outcome measures has been developed via a major international ...
Nasdaq

FDA Approves CardiAMP® Heart Failure II Protocol Amendment to Use Proprietary Cell Population Analysis Screening to Define Treatment

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioCardia, Inc. [Nasdaq: BCDA], a global leader in cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary ...
News Medical

Sleep apnea in heart failure: Women face higher hospitalization risks

In a recent study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers identify sex-associated patterns associated with the risk of cardiovascular outcomes in heart failure patients ...
STAT

ADVOCATE aims to support every American living with advanced heart disease

Haider Warraich was once the only cardiologist for more than 150,000 people in a rural county. Now he’s running an ARPA-H program to use agentic AI to provide universal access to specialty care.