Tag: AHA
AHA commits US$2.5 million for fast-tracked COVID-19 heart and brain research
The American Heart Association (AHA) has committed US$2.5 million to research efforts to better understand the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, and its interaction with the...
Societies publish new guidance for the treatment of slow, irregular heartbeats
The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Heart Rhythm Society have released a guideline for the evaluation and treatment of...
The top 10 takeaways from the 2017 AHA/ACC/HRS guidelines
In October 2017, the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology/Heart Rhythm Society (AHA/ACC/HRS) released a guideline document on the management of patients with ventricular...
New guidelines on ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), along with the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) has published new guidelines for...
New performance and quality measures for treating heart attack patients
The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have released updated clinical performance and quality measures to benchmark and improve...
First guideline for evaluating and managing syncope released in USA
The American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) have recently released the first US guideline...
Latest statistics show heart failure on the rise
The number of adults living with heart failure increased from about 5.7 million (2009-2012) to about 6.5 million (2011-2014), according to the American Heart...