Cardiology

A CV risk-based strategy for BP-lowering has the potential to prevent more CVD events than previous and current guidelines, while aligning with current lipid-lowering recommendations and retaining comparable efficacy.

Clinical examination with focused cardiac ultrasonography had greater sensitivity to identify patients with left ventricular dysfunction and mitral or aortic valve disease compared with clinical assessment alone, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who receive care by a cardiologist had higher rates of guideline-based statin use and adherence in an outpatient setting, according to data published in the American Journal of Cardiology.

SAN ANTONIO — In this video exclusive, Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, division chief of cardiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, physician executive director for Banner University Medicine Heart Institute and editor in chief of ACC’s CardioSmart, discusses the importance of considering sex-specific risk factors for CVD.

Cleveland Clinic has been named the No. 1 hospital in the country for cardiology and heart surgery by the U.S. News & World Report 2018-2019 Best Hospitals rankings.