As part of ACC's ongoing involvement in the American Medical Association (AMA)/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process, the College distributes RUC physician work surveys ...

Contact: Katie Glenn, kglenn@acc.org, WASHINGTON (Jun 12, 2025) - According to a new study, presented at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Care of the Athletic Heart 2025 conference, sleep ...

A new ACC Scientific Statement addresses the management of obesity in adults with heart failure (HF), with a specific focus on those with stage 2 HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). It is the ...

The ACC has named Cynthia C. Taub, MBA, MBBS, FACC, as U.S. Vice Chair for ACC Asia 2026 and 2027, after which she will transition to the role of U.S. Chair for ACC Asia 2028 and 2029. Taub currently ...

The cardiovascular medicine workforce is facing a critical shortage that threatens to undermine patient care in the U.S. A recent article published in Cardiology magazine discusses reasons for the ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

Although hospitals in the U.S. acquired by private equity had a significant decline in the clinical risk of patients admitted, there was no improvement in outcomes among older adults with heart ...

A new multisociety expert consensus document (ECD) published in JACC addresses the evolving use of cardiac CT imaging and how to best use it to assess different types of prosthetic heart valve (PHV) ...

The timely treatment of STEMI varies substantially at the hospital level, for both primary presentation and transfers, and worse outcomes were observed in patients when the first medical contact (FMC) ...

Most adults in the U.S. have elevated long-term risks of cardiovascular disease based on findings using the PREVENT risk equations, published June 9 in JACC. Overall, the PREVENT equations performed ...

Registration is now open for ACC Legislative Conference 2025, taking place Oct. 5-7 in Washington, DC. Join the ACC Advocacy team to learn more about health policy, network with fellow ACC Advocates ...

In an effort to expand the collection of real-world data on patients undergoing renal denervation (RDN) across hospitals in the U.S., the ACC and the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes ...