Cardiology

It is known that vasculopathy plays a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Vasoactive vasodilating drugs (VVD) are an option. The most recent treatment recommendations from EULAR—The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology—note that advances in vasculopathy management for patients with SSc emphasize a treatment continuum for the use of various VVD, but also stress the need for trials to look for potential synergistic combinations as well as high-quality real-world data to build the evidence. New data shared at the 2025 EULAR congress in Barcelona may take a step in that direction.

About 525,000 more deaths occurred among US adults in 2023 than would be expected had pre-2010 mortality trends continued. More than 90% of these deaths occurred among individuals without a bachelor’s degree and were largely caused by cardiovascular diseases, underscoring how educational attainment can influence individuals’ health opportunities and outcomes.

An international study has shown that targeted online education on atrial fibrillation (AF) for health professionals can improve guideline-adherent care. This cluster-randomized controlled trial, published in Nature Medicine this week, was designed to test if structured online AF education for health professionals could improve the care that individual patients receive.

Children exposed before birth to synthetic compounds called “forever chemicals” had higher blood pressure during their teenage years, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study was also presented at the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) Conference in Boston.

An international study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine sheds light on acute normovolemic hemodilution, also known as ANH, a blood conservation technique.

New research from the University of Minnesota Medical School demonstrates that using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging—known as CMR phenotyping—can help identify patients with suspected cardiac sarcoidosis who are at increased risk of sudden cardiac death.

In a new report published in JAMA Cardiology, health policy experts at the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have shown that many US adults are unaware they have high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol—three major risk factors for cardiovascular disease and death.

A quarter of deaths in the UK are caused by heart disease, the equivalent of one person every three seconds. Improving diagnostics will allow for earlier diagnosis and better health outcomes.

A new study provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of metabolomics research in arterial stiffness on a less explored aspect: early vascular aging, particularly in adolescents. The study offers hope for innovative approaches to vascular health.

Nearly one-third of people who adopted and adhered to a healthy diet did not lose any weight, but still reaped many health benefits, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Ben Gurion University, Israel.