A recent study found cardiovascular mortality increased 9.3% from 2019 to 2022.

The American Heart Association plans to unveil a new heart disease risk calculator where race is no longer considered a factor. 

Sriram Naidu, MD, a pioneering cardiologist, died Oct. 27 after contracting an idiopathic lung illness, Newsday reported. He was 86.

Scientists from New York City-based Mount Sinai will send bioengineered human heart muscle cells and micro-tissues to space, according to a Nov. 14 news release shared with Becker's. 

Rhode Island health officials have reprimanded a cardiologist who performed surgery after he tested positive for COVID-19, NBC affiliate WJAR reported Nov. 9.

Idaho has the fewest cardiologists per capita, with 57 practicing cardiologists in the state.

One hundred hospitals were selected as the top in the nation for coronary intervention, according to a Healthgrades ranking released Oct. 24.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC unveiled plans for a $62 million heart care center for pediatric patients, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Nov. 7.

A preliminary study found mammograms could be a more accurate predictor of a woman's risk for major cardiovascular problems than the current standard tool, according to a Nov. 6 American Heart Association news release.

Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found measuring blood pressure while patients are standing improves accuracy.

New York has the highest number of active cardiologists, a KFF report found.

Hospitals' unnecessary coronary stent use costs Medicare $800 million a year, according to a new report from the Lown Institute. 

Fifty hospitals were selected as the top in the nation for cardiac surgery, according to a Healthgrades ranking released Oct. 24.

Advances in technology make it easier to detect and treat cardiovascular diseases, which begs the question: Could medicine reach a point where it could eliminate it?

In U.S. hospitals, unnecessary coronary stents were given to patients every seven minutes between 2019 and 2021, according to a new report from the Lown Institute Hospital Index, resulting in 229,000 unnecessary coronary stents.

More than 229,000 unnecessary coronary stents were performed at U.S. hospitals from 2019 to 2021 — a rate of one every seven minutes, according to a newly published report from the Lown Institute. 

A recent study found prolonged aspirin use might be ineffective, and in some cases harmful, to patients with stents.

A recent study found cardiovascular deaths from heat may increase by 233% in the next 13 to 47 years.

I believe the development that will have the most transformational impact on cardiology in upcoming decades is AI — but there are a number of threshold hurdles that AI must achieve first. 

Patients who receive care in a mobile stroke unit may have a better chance of averting a stroke and complete recovery relative to those who receive standard hospital emergency care, new research suggests.