Interatrial shunt placement produced opposite clinical outcomes in heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction (HFrEF vs HFpEF) due to fundamental differences in ventricular compliance and remodeling capacity, according to echocardiographic analysis from the RELIEVE-HF trial. 

Boston Scientific Corporation agreed to acquire Penumbra, Inc. Thursday morning. This will expand Boston Scientific’s network of novel medical technologies. 

Persistent fragmentation in peripheral artery disease (PAD) care continues to drive high rates of cardiovascular events, limb loss and mortality, with multidisciplinary team-based management emerging as a central requirement for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), according to a new report from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA). 

Intensive control of blood pressure could safely reduce cardiovascular risk even in frail patients, according to a new study. 

According to a new cohort study, medical centers that publicly report outcome data are more likely to receive defect-free care and have improved outcomes at discharge from the hospital. 

Researchers must uphold data equity and health equity principles to improve health outcomes. A special communication from a leading medical journal proposes ten core concepts to produce actionable evidence in health studies. 

Women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may have more negative cardiovascular outcomes when taking hormonal contraceptives compared with women who have other stress-related disorders, a new study shows. 

A new report outlines the discrepancies in the techniques used to measure virtual valve-to-coronary distance during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in prediction the risk of coronary obstruction. 

A U.S. study shows patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) who live in low-income neighborhoods or have worse social determinants of health (SDOH) scores are more likely to have adverse clinical outcomes.