Pediatric Cardiology News

Experts from several major health organizations have released new evidence-based recommendations regarding drinks among those aged 5 to 18 years.

The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing recent trends in CV-related morbidity and mortality.

The American College of Cardiology announced the late-breaking science lineup for its Scientific Session to be held March 29-31 in Chicago and online.

Recent changes to a heart transplant allocation policy improved waitlist outcomes for children born with heart defects and adults with cardiomyopathy, but not in children with cardiomyopathy or adults with heart defects, data show.

Maintaining healthful behaviors may be key to improving the trajectory of heart health from early adolescence into adulthood, according to study findings published in JAMA Cardiology.

The AAP published updated recommendations for screening newborns for critical congenital heart disease with a new algorithm it said could catch more infants than the previous one.

Among adults with osteoporosis on dialysis, use of denosumab significantly lowered fracture risk compared with bisphosphonate use, but cardiovascular risk was increased, according to study data.

Adequate sleep was associated with a significantly reduced risk for hypertension among adolescents, independent of environmental noise exposure, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Johnson & Johnson MedTech announced the FDA has approved an expanded indication and granted premarket approval for its heart pumps to be used to treat pediatric patients with symptomatic acute decompensated HF and cardiogenic shock.