January 19, 2023 — The volunteers and staff of the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association are deeply saddened by the passing of Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAN, this morning, January 17, 2023, from an aggressive brain tumor.

January 19, 2023 — Shockwave Medical, Inc., a pioneer in the development of Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) to treat severely calcified cardiovascular disease, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Neovasc Inc., a company focused on the minimally invasive treatment of refractory angina. 

January 19, 2023 — Abbott announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company's latest-generation transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system, Navitor, to treat people with severe aortic stenosis who are at high or extreme risk for open-heart surgery.

January 18, 2023 — Phone calls from a nurse may improve survival for patients treated for heart failure, according to a new study by investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. 

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one person dies every 37 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one person dies every 37 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease.

January 17, 2023 — Ischemic stroke, or cerebral infarction, ranks first in prevalence among diseases that lead to death or disability.

January 16, 2023 — On any given Tuesday, you will find Brian C. Jensen, MD, cardiologist and physician-scientist, tending to patients in his cardio-oncology clinic. His schedule is packed to the brim with cancer patients. But not patients with heart cancer.

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