Join ACC's Federal Cardiology Member Section on Thursday, June 5 at 7 p.m. ET for a webinar discussing mastering chronic total occlusions (CTO) PCI, with a focus on Veterans Health Administration ...

Learn and stay certified — all in one program: The CMP blends continuous learning with assessment, making it an efficient, effective way to grow your expertise while maintaining your credentials.

Mastering chronic total occlusions PCI: Unpack the data, indications, best practices and controversies in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions, with a focus on Veterans Health Administration ...

Understand and strategically utilize the new program signaling feature for the 2026 Cardiovascular Fellowship MyERAS® application season. Join ACC's Program Directors and Graduate Medical Educators ...

Standard lipid testing, represented by total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides, is a well-established platform ...

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report ...

The 2018 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Blood Cholesterol was a welcome update from the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Treatment of Blood Cholesterol to Reduce Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular ...

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) is a low-density lipoprotein–like molecule with an apolipoprotein (b) moiety that is covalently attached to apolipoprotein (a) (Apo[a]), a plasminogen-like protein that confers ...

For patients with intermediate or high pretest probability or a positive D-dimer, a contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT) angiography is indicated.

The replacement of regular salt with a salt substitute can reduce incidences of hypertension, or high blood pressure, in older adults without increasing their risk of low blood pressure episodes, ...

More time spent sitting, reclining or lying down during the day may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and death, according to a study in JACC, the flagship journal of the American ...

Evidence-based beta-blockers should be used: carvedilol, metoprolol succinate, and bisoprolol. These medications can sometimes cause fatigue and reductions in heart rate or blood pressure, emphasizing ...