Cardiology

The oral drug muvalaplin saw positive results in the first phase 1 study involving health participants for lipoprotein, a genetic marker for cardiovascular disease that's known for "sticky" cholesterol. 

The European Society of Cardiology released the first guidelines on acute coronary syndromes, Diagnostic and Intervention Cardiology reported Aug. 29.

New Brunswick, N.J., Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital's heart transplant team successfully performed a heart transplant in the first 24 hours of a nurses strike.

Researchers in the U.K. found patients treated at cardiac arrest centers have the same rates of death as those given standard treatment.

Here are the top 10 heart hospitals in Florida, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2023 annual rankings.

The chief cardiac surgeon at Denver-based Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children has exited his role suddenly, Fox 31 reported Aug. 24.

Novo Nordisk's weight loss drug Wegovy reduced heart failure-related symptoms in a phase 3 study, the drugmaker said Aug. 25. 

Houston-based Texas Heart Institute received a grant to develop a first-in-class drug for cardiovascular disease and received $32 million from a patient.

Albert Waldo, MD, a longtime professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and cardiologist at the University Hospitals Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute has died Aug. 17 after a brief illness, according to an Aug. 22 news…

Rush University Medical Center and Northwestern Memorial Hospital, both based in Chicago, have the lowest death rate for heart failure patients in the country, according to CMS data.