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Researchers found 100% specificity in comparison to invasive assessment—the simple, cheap tool may fill a niche.

The results, experts say, suggest guidelines on the timing of ICD implantation should change to better protect patients with CAD.

Is myocardial viability testing for guiding PCI decisions currently used in the best way? A secondary analysis from the main trial suggests not.

Delegates at the American Heart Associations annual conference in Chicago heard about research from China which suggested pills containing crushed bugs could be beneficial to patients.

Thousands of NHS heart failure patients are being given unnecessary stent surgery (graphic pictured) every year, putting them at risk of life-threatening complications without any benefit, experts warned.

Inserting a wire mesh device to push open an artery, known as 'stenting,' has been used with little effect, new research from the United Kingdom reveals.

UK: Coronary revascularization with PCI did not provide any additional benefit among patients with severe ischemic left ventricular systolic dysfunction who received optimal medical therapy, a recent...

REVIVED-BCIS2 trial presented in a Hot Line Session today at ESC Congress 2022 

ESC 2022 news dominated, but COVID-19, rising HF in the young, endocarditis, and new USPSTF statin guidance also made the list.

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce all-cause mortality or heart failure hospitalization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and extensive coronary artery disease, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2022.