As part of ACC's ongoing involvement in the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process, the College distributes RUC physician work surveys ...

The American College of Cardiology has issued a Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) document to aid clinicians in the use of medication for weight management in patients where treatment may provide ...

Given the varying causes of obesity and the wide range of physiological consequences with direct effects on cardiovascular risk factors, the ACC's newest Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) report ...

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke may increase the risk of heart failure (HF), especially in older adults, women and vulnerable populations, according to a study published today in JACC, the ...

A new ACC Scientific Statement addresses the management of obesity in adults with heart failure (HF), with a specific focus on those with stage 2 HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It is the ...

A new multisociety expert consensus document (ECD) published in JACC addresses the evolving use of cardiac CT imaging and how to best use it to assess different types of prosthetic heart valve (PHV) ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

While cardiovascular disease mortality declined overall from 1999 to 2023, rates increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery across different categories of disease has been uneven, according ...

Among anthracycline and anthraquinone agents, the risk of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) after treatment for childhood cancer is lower with daunorubicin and higher with ...

In an effort to expand the collection of real-world data on patients undergoing renal denervation (RDN) across hospitals in the U.S., the ACC and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes ...

Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) did not reduce myocardial injury or other postoperative conditions among adult patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, according to results from the PRINCE trial ...

Long-term exposure to wildfire smoke-related fine particulate matter (defined as PM 2.5) was linked to a higher risk of heart failure (HF) in older adults compared with non-wildfire smoke PM 2.5, ...