About 10% of the U.S. population fits into the highest-risk category, with a 20% or higher risk of a cardiac event; 54% are ...

New guidelines released this week on the management of valvular heart disease in adults include recommendations for newer, less invasive therapies, plus provide a new system for classifying patient ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) caused a stir when they recommended in their latest atrial fibrillation (AF) management guideline that gender no longer be included in the decision to initiate ...

A risk-assessment tool incorporating NT-proBNP and high-sensitivity troponin performs better than clinical scores for predicting stroke among patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who are taking oral ...

A new study from UCLA Health shows that a cardiovascular risk score already used routinely in primary care can predict who ...

A vendor-neutral Agatston score that addresses variability in coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring across CT scanner types improves classification of an individual’s future risk of cardiovascular ...

Researchers analyzed numerous biomarkers in patients at risk for inflammatory arthritis to develop measurable scores indicating a patient's vulnerability to disease progression. In a new study ...

Researchers hope that a better understanding of which genes contribute to excess weight could help with prevention starting in childhood. By Gina Kolata Researchers have known for decades that ...