AHA

This channel contains news about the American Heart Association (AHA), including coverage of its annual meeting and guidelines. AHA is a leading resource for cardiology information, both consumer and professional.

Experts from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai will present on a variety of topics at AHA 2023. Photo by Cedars-Sinai.

News | Atrial Fibrillation

Cedars-Sinai Investigators to Unveil New Heart Research at AHA 2023

November 10, 2023 — Cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and interventionalists from the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

November 10, 2023

The results come from a national study of more than 1 million U.S. hospital admissions among young adult tobacco users without other known cardiovascular risk factors

News | Stroke

Prediabetes and Persistent Tobacco Use May Triple Risk of Stroke in Healthy Young Adults

November 8, 2023 — The combination of persistent tobacco use and prediabetes (higher than normal blood sugar levels that ...

November 08, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning models may help to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease events and detect heart valvular disease, according to two preliminary research studies.

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI May Accurately Detect Heart Valve Disease and Predict Cardiovascular Risk

November 6, 2023 — Advances in artificial intelligence have enabled the development and application of AI tools that may ...

November 06, 2023

New clinical analyses and real-world data continue to demonstrate the benefit of treatment with CAMZYOS (mavacamten) for patients with symptomatic obstructive HCM

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Bristol Myers Squibb to Present Data from Innovative Cardiovascular Portfolio at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2023

November 6, 2023 — Bristol Myers Squibb announced that research across the company’s cardiovascular franchise will be ...

November 06, 2023

Marlene Rabinovitch, MD, Stanford University

News | AHA

Dr. Marlene Rabinovitch to Receive the 2023 AHA Research Achievement Award

November 3, 2023 — The American Heart Association will present its 2023 Research Achievement Award to Marlene ...

November 03, 2023

New Board of Cardiovascular Medicine will certify cardiovascular medicine physicians with more specific and more competency-based trainings and supports

News | Heart Failure

The American Heart Association Joins Consortium with Full Support for a New American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine

November 3, 2023 — The national Board of Directors of the American Heart Association last week voted to provide full ...

November 03, 2023

News | AHA

American Heart Association Presidential Advisory defines cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome for first time

October 11, 2023 — A newly-issued American Heart Association presidential advisory identifies the strong connections ...

October 10, 2023

Feature | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies | Christine Book

“One on One” with Christine Seidman, MD, FACC, on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

October 11, 2023 — To gain the latest insight into genetic research for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ...

October 10, 2023

The analysis of the health records found that, on average, participants’ systolic blood pressure increased by up to 1.7 mm Hg in the winter months compared to the summer months

News | Hypertension

Study from AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions Reports on Cold Weather’s Impact on Treating High Blood Pressure

September 13, 2023 — Blood pressure among patients diagnosed with hypertension appeared to slightly increase, and rates ...

September 13, 2023

Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. has presented final results from the Target-HTN Phase 2 trial of lorundrostat, a highly selective aldosterone synthase inhibitor, in individuals with uncontrolled hypertension (uHTN) and resistant hypertension (rHTN).

News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

Mineralys Therapeutics Presents Target-HTN Phase 2 Trial Results at 2023 AHA Hypertension Scientific Sessions

September 12, 2023 — Mineralys Therapeutics, Inc. has presented final results from the Target-HTN Phase 2 trial of ...

September 12, 2023

Recipient of the Harry Goldblatt Award for New Investigators from the American Heart Association’s 2023 Hypertension Council

News | Hypertension

Faulkner to be Honored by American Heart Association

September 7, 2023 —Jessica Faulkner, PhD, a physiologist whose research is focused on sex differences in cardiovascular ...

September 07, 2023

A new study in the AHA journal Hypertension finds SARS-CoV-2 infection is significantly associated with the development of high blood pressure in adults with preexisting heart conditions or those who were older, black or male.

News | Hypertension

Study Reveals COVID-19 May Trigger New-onset Hypertension

August 22, 2023 — An analysis of electronic medical records for more than 45,000 people found that COVID-19 infection ...

August 22, 2023

News | AHA

American Heart Association Issues Scientific Statement on Shared Decision-Making and Cardiovascular Health

August 16, 2023 — A new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement highlights evidence that supports shared ...

August 16, 2023

News | AHA

Study Links Pain After Heart Attack to Mortality Predictability

August 16, 2023 —Moderate or extreme pain after a heart attack – most commonly pain due to other health conditions – may ...

August 16, 2023

News | ACC

AHA and ACC Issue New Clinical Guideline for Chronic Coronary Disease

August 9, 2023 — A joint statement by two medical associations has been issued on a new guideline for the treatment of ...

August 09, 2023