The timely treatment of STEMI varies substantially at the hospital level, for both primary presentation and transfers, and worse outcomes were observed in patients when the first medical contact (FMC) ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

Registration is now open for ACC Legislative Conference 2025, taking place Oct. 5-7 in Washington, DC. Join the ACC Advocacy team to learn more about health policy, network with fellow ACC Advocates ...

As part of ACC's ongoing involvement in the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process, the College distributes RUC physician work surveys ...

Making diagnosis even more difficult is that the tricuspid valve is sensitive to fluid shifts, hence imaging patients in need of diuretics can result in overestimation of TR. "We always start patients ...

Notably effective patient-level strategies included health coaching (−3.9 mm Hg) and home BP monitoring (−2.7 mm Hg). Similar trends were observed for diastolic BP. The meta-analysis, which included ...

Inspiring. Invigorating. Daring. These are the words that come to mind for the leaders of this year's Annual Scientific Session, which is taking over Atlanta, GA, for three days of the best ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) continues to challenge clinicians with its complex presentation and potential for rapid deterioration. As the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the U.S.

Introduction and Scope of the Problem The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE), including pulmonary embolism (PE) and deep venous thromboembolism (DVT), in the United States is unclear because ...

The 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol was a welcome update from the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular ...

Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) is a low-density lipoprotein–like molecule with an apolipoprotein (b) moiety that is covalently attached to apolipoprotein (a) (Apo [a]), a plasminogen-like protein that ...

Contact: Olivia Walther, owalther@acc.org, WASHINGTON (Dec 11, 2023) - A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, ...