Given the varying causes of obesity and the wide range of physiological consequences with direct effects on cardiovascular risk factors, the ACC's newest Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) report ...

The ACC is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2025 Distinguished Awards. This year's honorees represent an inspiring group of individuals who have made, and continue to make, significant ...

Sitting Too Long Can Harm Heart Health, Even for Active People Approximately 10 hours or more of sedentary behavior per day is associated with heightened risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death ...

The ACC has named Renuka Jain, MD, FACC, as the incoming chair-elect of its Board of Governors, beginning April 2025 following ACC.25 in Chicago, IL. She will replace David E. Winchester, MD, MS, FACC ...

New Study Finds Chronic High Caffeine Consumption May Heighten Risk for Cardiovascular Disease The findings will be presented at ACC Asia 2024 ...

Contact: Olivia Walther, [email protected], WASHINGTON (Dec 11, 2023) - A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, ...

There are multiple pathways by which psychological stress and mental health problems like anxiety and depression contribute to cardiovascular disease development and associated mortality. 1 In this ...

A woman’s cardiovascular risk can rise sharply after she goes through menopause, quickly catching up to men of a similar age and health profile, according to new findings presented at the American ...

Individuals with heart disease stand to gain the most from a low-sodium diet but, on average, consume over twice the recommended daily sodium intake, according to a study being presented at the ...

Missed Opportunity: AEDs Near Cardiac Arrests Rarely Used by Bystanders Many out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occurred within a four-minute walk of a public AED, yet devices were seldom used ...

The following are key perspectives from the 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation (AF): The current guideline's classification of AF focuses on the ...

Lipoprotein (a) (Lp [a]) is a low-density lipoprotein–like molecule with an apolipoprotein (b) moiety that is covalently attached to apolipoprotein (a) (Apo [a]), a plasminogen-like protein that ...