The ACC is currently accepting nominations for the ACC Distinguished Excellence in Cardiovascular Health Care Quality award, presented annually during ACC Quality Summit to a nonphysician member whose ...

Contact: Julie Boyland, Jboyland@acc.org, SINGAPORE (May 08, 2025) - Consumption of ultra-processed foods, such as sugar-sweetened beverages, potato chips and packaged cookies, may be associated with ...

Tiny fragments of plastic have become ubiquitous in our environment and our bodies. Higher exposure to these microplastics, which can be inadvertently consumed or inhaled, is associated with a ...

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 ...

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

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on the benefits and drawbacks of vegetarian and vegan diets: This review of plant-based diets provides an excellent reference ...

Contact: Nicole Napoli, nnapoli@acc.org, 202-375-6523 Washington (Sep 21, 2023) - Many of the nation’s most prominent cardiovascular organizations, representing tens of thousands of physicians, unite ...

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 ...

Cardiology asked Fry, members of the Task Force, as well as other College leaders, for their thoughts on what it will take to navigate this crisis. Specifically, we take a deeper look at the Task ...

‘Keto-Like’ Diet May Be Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Disease, Cardiac Events Popular weight-loss diet also associated with higher levels of LDL cholesterol ...

The U.S. not only saw a significant decline in the overall rate of heart attack-related deaths in the past 20 years, but also a reduction in racial disparities for heart attack deaths, according to a ...

Experiencing lasting symptoms months after catching COVID-19, also known as long COVID, was found to more than double a person’s likelihood of developing cardiovascular issues, according to a study ...