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.

Videos | Computed Tomography (CT)

VIDEO: New Cholesterol Guidelines Support CT Calcium Scoring for Risk Assessment

Matthew Budoff, M.D., professor of medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, spoke at the 2018 American Heart ...

November 14, 2018

Feature | Cardiac Diagnostics

ACC and AHA Release Updated Cholesterol Guidelines for 2018

November 13, 2018 — New cholesterol guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of ...

November 13, 2018

Videos | Pharmaceuticals

VIDEO: REDUCE-IT Trial Shows New Therapy Option for Patients With Uncontrolled Triglycerides

Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., executive director of the interventional cardiovascular program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital ...

November 13, 2018

News | Pharmaceuticals

Vascepa and Statins Significantly Reduce Cardiovascular Events

November 13, 2018 — A study in the current edition of the New England Journal of Medicine¹ shows that a particular ...

November 13, 2018

News | Hypertension

Hypertensive Crisis Five Times More Likely Among Blacks

November 13, 2018 — Black adults experience dangerous spikes in high blood pressure, called a hypertensive crisis, at a ...

November 13, 2018

Vascade MVP Reduces Time to Ambulation Follow EP Procedures

News | Vascular Closure Devices

Ambulation Time Following EP Procedures Decreased With Vascular Closure Device

November 12, 2018 — The Vascade MVP vascular closure system met its endpoints compared to manual compression in a ...

November 11, 2018

News | Artificial Intelligence

AI Algorithm Outperforms Most Cardiologists in Heart Murmur Detection

November 12, 2018 — At the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2018, Nov. 10-12 in Chicago, Eko ...

November 11, 2018

Russel Pate, Ph.D., Univerity Of South Carolina, chair of the National Physical Activity Plan Alliance. #AHA18

Feature | AHA

American Heart Association 2018 Late-breaking Trials

November 7, 2018 — Here is a list of some of the key clinical trial presentations at the 2018 American Heart Association ...

November 20, 2018

Videos | Hypertension

VIDEO: Reducing Hypertension Among African-Americans

Kim Allan Williams, Sr., M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology and the James B. Herrick Professor at Rush University ...

November 07, 2018

News | Heart Failure

EMPRISE Study Shows Empagliflozin Reduces Heart Failure Hospitalization

November 6, 2018 – Initial results from the real-world EMPagliflozin compaRative effectIveness and SafEty (EMPRISE) ...

November 07, 2018

Laxmi Mehta, M.D., reviews an echocardiogram at The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center for a cardio-oncology cancer patient to look for heart damage caused by chemotherapy or radiation therapy.

Feature | Cardio-oncology

AHA Puts New Focus on Where Heart Disease and Breast Cancer Treatment Meet

February 1, 2018 – Heart disease and breast cancer are two of the most prevalent diseases among women in the United ...

February 01, 2018

Congressional Budget Office Finds cutting ACA insurance mandate will cause 13 million people to become uninsured, higher insurance premiums. American Heart Association (AHA), #AHA2017

News | Cardiovascular Business

Congressional Budget Office Report Shows Repeal of Individual Mandate Results in 13 Million More Americans Uninsured, Higher Premiums

December 6, 2017 — At the American Heart Association (AHA) annual meeting in November, a group of 16 non-partisan ...

December 06, 2017

E-cigarettes Most Likely to be Used by Alcohol Drinkers and Former Cigarette Smokers, at American Heart Association (AHA), #AHA2017.

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

E-cigarettes Most Likely to be Used by Alcohol Drinkers, Former Cigarette Smokers

December 6, 2017 — Electronic cigarettes are more frequently used by people who recently quit smoking and alcohol ...

December 06, 2017

Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to experience heart failure and heart attack. American Heart Association (AHA), #AHA2017

News | Womens Cardiovascular Health

Pregnant Asian Women Developing Hypertension at Increased Risk for Heart Failure

December 6, 2017 — Women who develop high blood pressure during pregnancy are more likely to experience heart problems ...

December 06, 2017

Lack of sleep may cause heart disease in older women. American heart Association, #AHA2017

News | Cardiac Diagnostics

Sleep Deprivation Increases Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women

December 6, 2017 — Older women who do not get enough sleep were more likely to have poor cardiovascular health ...

December 06, 2017