cardiovascular disease

Biotech Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: How a tweet about a gene discovered long ago led to a $190 million startup and, maybe, hope for heart disease

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Lab experiment shows exactly how heat waves can put hearts into ‘oxygen debt’

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Study finds BMI, despite flaws, is useful estimate of body fat in children

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Ozempic cut risk of death in diabetes patients with chronic kidney disease

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Reversing progress, stroke rates are rising, especially in working-age adults

Biotech Matthew Herper and Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Cytokinetics sells Royalty Pharma a share of its heart drug for up to $575 million, lowering hopes of a buyout

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Amid acquisition speculation, Cytokinetics CEO stresses company can launch heart drug on its own

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

To detect risk of stroke, tiny probe acts ‘like a microscope’ inside brain’s blood vessels

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Abbott’s dissolvable stent, which failed heart disease patients, may help vascular patients

Health Deborah Balthazar

Genetic variant common among West African descendants contributes to large cardiovascular disease burden

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Late-stage results set up Cytokinetics heart drug to compete with Bristol

Health tech Mario Aguilar and Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Apple pushes into clinical trials with new FDA nod for Apple Watch

Health Elizabeth Cooney

High blood pressure in kids doubles their risk of cardiovascular disease, study finds, bringing a call for routine screening

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: BridgeBio spins out oncology company as it focuses on heart drug

In the Lab Elizabeth Cooney

STAT Plus: To regrow blood vessels after heart attack, a little transplant of mitochondria goes a long way in mice

Health Associated Press

She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Decline in heart failure deaths has been undone, led by people under 45

Insurance Tara Bannow

STAT Plus: MassMutual is rolling out free genetic testing for members, a dicey area for life insurers

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence and Matthew Herper

STAT Plus: Device made by company J&J is buying for $13 billion clears hurdle in independent study

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: In first big randomized trial, Abiomed’s heart pump reduced deaths in heart attack patients

Health Elaine Chen

Large trial challenges common practice of prescribing beta blockers after heart attack

Biotech Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Alnylam’s twice-a-year drug lowered blood pressure when combined with common pills

Pharma Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Positive trial results set up obesity drug Wegovy for use against heart failure

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: Johnson & Johnson to buy Shockwave Medical for $13.1 billion

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA approves TriClip for tricuspid heart valve disease, pitting Abbott against Edwards

Health tech Lizzy Lawrence

STAT Plus: FDA clears digital stethoscope company’s AI algorithm for heart failure

Pharma Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Merck drug for rare cardiovascular condition approved in U.S.

Health Deborah Balthazar

Disparities in donor acceptance rates point to need for more equitable heart transplant care

Health Elaine Chen

STAT Plus: Despite new Wegovy coverage, Medicare patients may face high drug costs and other hurdles