TAVI-first strategy proves noninferior to PCI-first approach in new trial
A TAVI-first strategy was noninferior to a PCI-first strategy after one years’ follow-up, according to results presented in…
Capillaries drive new collateral artery formation after heart blockage
New research in mice challenges a long-standing view of how the heart builds backup blood vessels after a…
A breakthrough in coronary bypass surgery: AMT Medical’s SAFE-CAB results published in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
AMT Medical B.V., a clinical-stage Dutch medical technology company, today announced that the one-year results of the SAFE-CAB…
New Blood Test Method Improves HDL Function Analysis in Heart Disease
Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo developed a blood-based assessment to measure how effectively high-density lipoprotein (HDL)…
Early genetic signals connect diabetes subgroups to heart disease risk
A growing body of research shows that diabetes can be stratified into five different subgroups. Researchers at Lund…
Poor oral health in childhood linked to higher incidence of cardiovascular disease in adulthood
A tooth cavity and bleeding gums is a common scenario among Danish children – and one that researchers…
New Research Suggests Mammograms Could Offer Heart Health Insight
4 min readRecent research suggests that breast arterial calcification (BAC) picked up on routine mammograms may help predict…
Predictive power of C-reactive protein shifts based on cirrhosis or coronary disease
A new study reveals that the predictive power of key inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein, shifts fundamentally…
TGM2 as a novel biomarker for acute myocardial infarction and prognosis in acute coronary syndrome
Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Transglutaminase 2 (TGM2) has been implicated in…
Study links obesity severity to escalating cardiometabolic and renal disease burden
Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by researchers at…
Comparative study finds higher rates of adverse events with ticagrelor
One year of treatment with either of two strong blood-thinning medications—ticagrelor and prasugrel—by people with type 1 or…
Recent study links gut health to heart: Here’s how beneficial gut bacteria prevent coronary artery disease
Scientists may have underestimated the role of the trillions of bacteria in our intestines in heart disease. People…