In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the 2024 ACC Expert Consensus Decision Pathway on Strategies and Criteria for the Diagnosis and Management of Myocarditis. He then discusses sex differences in ...

The ACC has issued guidance for the diagnosis and management of acute myocarditis in adult patients, delivering a streamlined decision-making framework that reflects recent advancements in clinical ...

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on revisiting implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy for primary prevention in patients with heart failure and ...

The following are key points to remember from a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) clinical consensus statement on integration of genetic testing into diagnostic pathways for cardiomyopathies: ...

The following are key points to remember from a 2024 American College of Cardiology (ACC) expert consensus decision pathway (ECDP) on strategies and criteria for the diagnosis and management of ...

In the RESHAPE-HF2 trial, 505 patients with systolic HF (left ventricular ejection fraction 20-50% and New York Heart Association [NYHA] class II-IV HF symptoms) and moderate to severe functional MR ...

Cigarette smoking from childhood into early adulthood is associated with an increased risk of premature cardiac injury, according to a study published today in JACC, the flagship journal of the ...

The following are key points to remember from a contemporary review of sudden cardiac arrest and death in competitive and recreational athletes: Defining an athlete: The medical literature broadly ...

A 63-year-old woman presents to the office for a second opinion on chronic chest pain and heart failure management. She has a medical history of mixed connective tissue disease, obstructive sleep ...

The U.S. Senate passed the Cardiomyopathy Health Education, Awareness, Research, and Training in the Schools (HEARTS) Act (H.R. 6829), a major ACC Advocacy priority, on Dec. 10. The bill secures ...

Elevated baseline NT-proBNP and hs-cTnI levels predict a decline in cardiac systolic and diastolic function over 7 years in older adults. No significant association was found between hs-cTnT and ...

Jung W, Cho IY, Jung J, et al. This large cohort study used data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service to follow 269,943 cancer survivors, evaluating their physical activity levels 2 years ...