The treatment of valvular heart disease plays an important role in cardiovascular medicine. The 2025 European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) guide...

Intermediate cardiac care units (IMCU) provide a level of care between hospital wards and cardiac acute care units. They are designed for patients who require close monitoring or noncritical support, ...

BACKGROUND: Artificial intelligence has emerged as a promising tool to optimize patient care in the field of cardiovascular medicine. However, data on its adoption and utilization by healthcare profes...

This systematic comparative analysis examines the divergent approaches between the 2025 American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA)/Multisociety (ACC/AHA/Multisociety) and th...

BACKGROUND: Accurate measurement and reporting of pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) and cardiac output (CO) are essential for diagnosing and managing pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary arteri...

This document describes the 2026 ACC/AHA Clinical Performance and Quality Measures for Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease, which were developed to guide clinicians, researchers, quality assurance...

Heart failure (HF) remains a pressing health concern, with rising prevalence globally. Subjectivity and ambiguity in the definition of HF and its antecedent stages have limited research, global survei...

BACKGROUND: Valvular heart disease (VHD) is described in American guidelines as a progressive disease continuum: stage A (at-risk), stage B (progressive), stage C/D (severe). We aimed to identify freq...

BACKGROUND: Cardiac risk stratification protocols are widely used in cardiac rehabilitation programs, but divergent classifications limit their applicability. In 2020, the Brazilian Society of Cardiol...

BACKGROUND: In August 2025, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology released updated hypertension guidelines. Under the new guidelines, therapy is advised at blood pressure ≥...

Current clinical practice guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease recommend risk assessment to align the type and intensity of preventive efforts with an individual's risk. The...

Cardiovascular medicine continues to move towards precision-based, individualised patient care, supported by novel biomarkers, refined imaging protocols, and multidisciplinary risk assessment. The stu...

The 2025 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults introduces important updates to ...

This study evaluates the efficacy of a post-discharge follow-up program in patients recovering from acute heart failure (AHF) hospitalized in internal medicine (IM) and in cardiology (CA) wards. Patie...

Cross-sectional cardiac imaging including cardiac computed tomography (CCT) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) allows three-dimensional imaging of intracardiac and extracardiac structures. T...

The number of individuals engaging in sports continues to rise, and identifying those with cardiac substrates associated with increased risk of exercise-related adverse events is crucial. Athlete eval...

An Unprecedented Confluence of Science, Selfless Service, and the World Heart Federation's Mission of Cardiovascular Health for All  On 29 September 2025, the World Heart Federation (WHF) marked the s...

AIM: The "2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome" retires, replaces, and expands upon the "2013 AHA/ACC/TO...

Current clinical practice guidelines for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease recommend risk assessment to align the type and intensity of preventive efforts with an individual's risk. The...

BACKGROUND: Participation in the cardiac catheterization laboratory is a requirement of cardiology fellowship training. We sought to determine whether trainee presence is associated with outcomes duri...