The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Breakthrough Device Designation to Orchestra BioMed for its atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy for patients with uncontrolled […]

Clinical ultrasound is invaluable for detecting atherosclerosis. However, methods to assess vascular areas with atheromatous plaques and their extent remain inconsistent and lack standardisation. To address […]

CHICAGO — For patients with advanced heart failure, an injection of autologous mononuclear cells into damaged myocardia missed the primary endpoint in the sham-controlled, randomized, blinded […]

We’ve come a long way from the Vacanti mouse. Back in the mid-90s, Charles Vacanti and other researchers experimented with cartilage regeneration and, with the help […]

CHICAGO — Physicians hear it daily: Internet search results prompting questions. Patients walk in primed with information they’ve gleaned from “Dr Google” and they’re looking for […]

For patients who experience excessive bleeding during cardiac surgery, four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate (4F-PCC), a blood product that contains clotting factors, is significantly more effective at […]

When it comes to cardiovascular health and shift work, when you eat may be as important as what you eat. People who work night shift are known to […]

Five classic risk factors for cardiovascular disease — high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, diabetes, and smoking — at age 50 can reduce life expectancy by […]