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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.

John J. V. McMurray presenting the DAPA-HF Trial at AHA 2019. It was part of the late-breaking presentations in the "Outside the Box: New Approaches to CVD Risk Reduction" session.

Blog | Heart Failure

Key Heart Failure Takeaways at AHA 2019

It’s an exciting time in the heart failure (HF) world right now with the emergence of new therapies, including ...

November 21, 2019

News | AHA

Heart Disease and Cancer Risk May be Linked

November 20, 2019 — Heart attack survivors may have an increased risk of developing cancer compared to people without ...

November 20, 2019

News | AHA

Too Much Ultra Processed Food Linked to Lower Heart Health

November 20, 2019 — Ultra-processed foods, which account for more than half of an average American’s daily calories, are ...

November 20, 2019

News | AHA

Cannabis May be Linked to Strokes and Heart Rhythm Disturbances in Young People

November 20, 2019 — Frequent cannabis (marijuana) use among young people was linked to an increased risk of stroke, and ...

November 20, 2019

In the ISCHEMIA study, patients were randomized into one of two groups: a conservative strategy or an invasive strategy. Illustration by NYU Langone staff

Feature | AHA

ISCHEMIA Trial Results Find Interventions for Stable Heart Disease No better Than Drug Therapy

November 19, 2019 — After 12 years of collecting data, the results of the landmark ISCHEMIA (International Study of ...

November 19, 2019

Feature | AHA | Dave Fornell, Editor

American Heart Association 2019 Late-breaking Trials

November 19, 2019 — Here is a list of the key late-breaking clinical study presentations and links to the results at the ...

November 19, 2019

Results from the MARVEL 2 (Micra Atrial Tracking Using A Ventricular accELerometer) study shows that an investigational set of algorithms in the Medtronic Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS) significantly improves synchrony and cardiac function in patients with atrioventricular (AV) block. This is an impaired electrical conduction between the chambers of the heart.

News | Pacemakers

New Algorithms in Medtronic Micra Pacemaker May Improve Synchrony and Cardiac Function in AV Block

(February 2020 update — the results of this trial led to the FDA clearnace of the Micra AV device in January 2020 - FDA ...

November 15, 2019

doctor heart failure patient from CorAssist

News | AHA

Many Adults with Heart Failure at Higher Risk of Death after Surgery

November 14, 2019 — More than a million Americans face a doubling in their risk of death during or while recovering from ...

November 14, 2019

News | AHA

E-Cigarettes May Be More Harmful to Heart Health Than Tobacco

November 14, 2019 — A new study from researchers at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows that electronic ...

November 14, 2019

Cholesterol test prep blood draw needle stick from American Heart Association

News | AHA

ASCVD Patients Face Barriers Reaching Guideline-Recommended Cholesterol Goals

November 14, 2019 — A large majority of patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in the NCDR ...

November 14, 2019

Feature | Cardiac Diagnostics

ACC/AHA Update Guidance for Preventing Heart Disease, Stroke

March 18, 2019 — The choices we make every day can have a lasting effect on our heart and vascular health. Adopting a ...

March 18, 2019

The startup company Genetesis introduced a new cardiac imaging modalityit calls magnetocardiography. The scanner creates images from the biomagnetic activity of the heart, using the polarization and depolarization of the heart during the cardiac cycle. This was at AHA.18, AHA 2018 - the American Heart Association annual meeting

Feature | AHA | Dave Fornell, Editor

Key Technology and News at AHA 2018

Here are a few of the takeaways from the clinical studies presented and new technology shown on the exhibit floor at the ...

January 14, 2019

News | Population Health

Quest Diagnostics Joins One Brave Idea Research Initiative

December 4, 2018 — Quest Diagnostics recently announced it will contribute biomarker implementation, population health a ...

December 04, 2018

The American Heart Association (AHA) 2018 meeting news was the most popular content in cardiology, cardiac technology in November 2018

Feature | Dave Fornell, Editor

December 4, 2018 — Here is the list of the most popular content on the Diagnostic and Interventional Cardiology (DAIC) ...

December 04, 2018

Videos | AHA

VIDEO: Editor's Choice of the Most Innovative New Cardiac Technology at AHA 2018

DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a tour of some of the most innovative new cardiovascular technologies on display on the ...

November 19, 2018