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Cardiology Business July 23, 2026
The Cost of Cardiology is Driven by Insurers July 23, 2026
New price transparency data reveals how wildly insurance payments, reimbursements, and facility fees for cardiology swing across insurers and states, which underscores the complexity of U.S. healthcare costs.
Heart Failure July 22, 2026
How Earlier Hemodynamic Insight May Help Guide Heart Failure Management July 22, 2026
Heart failure continues to place a significant burden on patients and the healthcare system, with nearly 7 million Americans living with heart failure, with prevalence expected to reach nearly 9 million by 2030. Despite advances in guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT), many patients still face high risks of hospitalization, mortality, and reduced quality of life.
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals July 20, 2026
An Oral PCSK9i and What it Means for Merck July 20, 2026
PCSK9 inhibitors are some of the most effective LDL-lowering drugs out there, but they’ve all required injection, and some even refrigeration. That just changed, however, with the FDA’s approval of Merck's Lipfendra (enlicitide), the first ever oral PCSK9i.
Cardiology Pharmaceuticals July 17, 2026
Can Kerendia Handle the (Blood) Pressure? More Findings from FINEARTS-HF. July 17, 2026
One year after its FDA approval for HF treatment, a new FINEARTS-HF substudy shows Bayer’s Kerendia (finerenone) isn’t just impervious to BP differences, it could actually give a small leg up to patients with hypertension.
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Cardiac Imaging July 16, 2026
Zero CAC And The Cost of CCTA-QPA July 16, 2026
The power of a zero CAC score is facing fresh scrutiny after new plaque analysis data presented at SCCT 2026 shows just how much noncalcified plaque confers its own cardiovascular risk, despite the software’s financial barriers.
Heart Failure July 9, 2026
POLY-HF and the Possibility of HF Polypills July 9, 2026
Guideline-directed heart failure therapy works, but the biggest hurdle is getting patients to actually take it and fresh results in Nature from the POLY-HF trial suggest a polypill approach could be the answer.
Heart Failure July 2, 2026
Uncertainty Lingers on VNS for HF After Shortened Study July 2, 2026
Freshly published data from LivaNova’s pivotal ANTHEM-HFrEF trial hinted that vagal nerve stimulation might help patients with HFrEF, but the company's early termination decision left some questions unanswered.
Artificial Intelligence July 2, 2026
DETECT AS II and the Importance of Assertive Notifications July 2, 2026
We already know that passive EHR alerts improve severe aortic stenosis management, but the DETECT AS II study now suggests a more forceful “opt-out” approach could substantially increase how many patients get timely valve replacement.
Structural Heart June 29, 2026
EARLY TAVR 5-Year Data Answer Some Questions, Raise Others June 29, 2026
Whether or not to intervene early in asymptomatic aortic stenosis was answered by EARLY TAVR in 2024, and new 5-year data presented at NYV 2026 now suggests that the benefit of early intervention is driven by reductions in death and stroke rather than just heart failure.
Cardiology Practices June 25, 2026
APPs are Growing in Compensation and Relevance in Cardiology June 25, 2026
Advanced practice providers have long been viewed as support staff in cardiology, but MedAxiom's new 2025 APP Compensation and Utilization Report suggests they've moved well beyond that role.
Heart Failure June 22, 2026
Heart Failure GDMT Reduces Hospitalizations and Financial Burden June 22, 2026
The four-drug guidelines for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction are well established to cut hospitalizations and a new economic analysis in JAMA suggests that the hospital cost-savings more than cover the cost of the drugs themselves.
Surgeries & Interventions June 18, 2026
Ten Year TAVR Data and Why Valve Generations Matter June 18, 2026
TAVR has been among the default therapies for aortic stenosis patients for years now, but new 10-year data from the PARTNER 2A trial and the P2S3i Sapien 3 registry suggests that how long a valve will last depends heavily on the valve’s generation.
Cardiology Guidelines June 15, 2026
The CKM Guidelines Have Officially Arrived June 15, 2026
The AHA/ACC, in alliance with the ADA and ASN have officially recognized and released the first guidelines addressing cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome as a real and important driver of cardiovascular disease.
Cardiovascular Disease June 11, 2026
Low Blood Pressure’s Alzheimer’s Link June 11, 2026
Hypertension has long been tied to cognitive decline, but new research in JAHA suggests it's actually hypotension that carries the strongest association with Alzheimer's disease.
Cardiology Practices June 8, 2026
Pay-for-Performance Doesn’t Pay Off in Results June 8, 2026
Pay-for-performance programs (a form of value-based care) are supposed to improve patient care, but a new JAMA study suggests that one hypertension control incentive might be making the numbers look better while actually increasing hospitalizations.
Population Health June 4, 2026
It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Watch Out for Your Heart June 4, 2026
America's cardiovascular burden from rising temperatures is set to nearly triple by 2050, with a new JAMA Cardiology study predicting thousands more CV deaths per year due to high-emissions and climate change.
Cardiology June 1, 2026
One Microplastic’s Way to Your Heart is Through the Gut June 1, 2026
Most microplastic research usually focuses on tissue build-up, but a new Circulation study suggests Bisphenol F (BPF) damages our heart muscle through an unexpected pathway in the gut.
Cardiology May 28, 2026
The 40 Best Cardiology Resources to Follow in 2026 May 28, 2026
Whether it’s debate about technology, therapy, or ethics, cardiologists are some of the most vocal and passionate members of the medical community, and their opinions can be found across X, LinkedIn, and beyond.
Heart Failure May 21, 2026
Inflammation’s Prevalence and Role in Heart Failure May 21, 2026
Heart failure inflammation might actually be an underrecognized therapeutic target, after results from the POSEIDON registry analysis found that systemic inflammation is present in nearly half of heart failure patients, regardless of ejection fraction.
Structural Heart May 18, 2026
Cardiac Wire’s State of The Transcatheter Valve May 18, 2026
It might feel like a transcatheter alphabet soup out there with all of the valve interventions that have come out in the last few years, but Cardiac Wire is here to help make sense of it all.
Structural Heart May 14, 2026
The Young TAVR Trend is Stabilizing May 14, 2026
Despite a TAVR popularity surge in recent years, a Vizient registry analysis suggests the procedure’s prevalence has stabilized in patients under 65, but there’s still significant debate on whether the young patient TAVR rate is appropriate.
Cardiovascular Disease May 11, 2026
BP Lowering Still Decreases CVD Risk Even in CKD May 11, 2026
Data from a new Lancet study suggests that patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) might get similar cardiovascular protection from blood pressure drugs as the general population, giving physicians some certainty about how to approach BP in these patients.