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A new consensus statement from the Heart Failure Society of America outlines how device-based therapies can help certain patients with HF and how HF devices can be integrated into clinical workflow.

When investing, time in the market is arguably as important as well-publicized factors, such as rate of return, initial amount of investment (principal) and costs of investing.

Most physicians who conducted peer reviews for major medical journals received industry payments, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Canagliflozin was associated with increased iron utilization and improved hemoglobin levels for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, according to data published in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation.

Women with serum folate levels that were too low or too high during midpregnancy were more likely to have an infant born with congenital heart disease, with maternal vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels modulating risk, researchers reported.

In this Healio video exclusive, Sana M. Al-Khatib, MD, professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, discusses barriers to developing cardiovascular digital health solutions for women.

In August, the FDA approved a novel miniaturized cardiac stent for infants and small children with coarctation of the aorta or pulmonary artery stenosis and can be expanded as they grew.

Hypertension is common in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, and most frequently develops in older patients and those with traditional cardiovascular risk factors, according to data published in Rheumatology Advances in Practice.

Infants conceived after assisted reproductive technology had a 36% greater risk for being born with a major heart defect, results from a large cohort study published in the European Heart Journal showed.

A nonselective extracorporeal blood purifier connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during nonemergent cardiac surgery may help reduce post-surgical AKI, data show.