Endovascular pulmonary artery banding offers a less invasive alternative for selected infants with congenital heart disease, stabilizing pulmonary blood flow while delaying higher-risk open-heart surgery.

A large meta-analysis found people experiencing homelessness receive fewer time-critical stroke treatments, highlighting urgent needs for equitable triage, standardized care pathways, and stronger post-discharge support.

FDA clearance of a 4K fluorescence-guided exoscope enhances open surgery by improving visualization, teamwork, and real-time tissue perfusion assessment to support safer surgical decisions.

Updated pediatric heart guidelines promote earlier screening for sudden cardiac death risk, helping clinicians identify warning signs, order timely testing, and prevent life-threatening cardiac events.

New research suggests ARBs may better preserve long-term cognitive function than ACE inhibitors in some hypertensive adults, supporting more brain-conscious treatment decisions without changing current therapy universally.

Johnson & Johnson’s new FDA-approved EDOF intraocular lens expands cataract surgery options by improving vision across distances, reducing reading-glass dependence, and minimizing common visual disturbances.

New evidence supports sequential pembrolizumab after radiotherapy for high-risk Merkel cell carcinoma, reducing disease recurrence, preventing distant metastases, and reshaping multidisciplinary postoperative treatment strategies.

Heart–brain clinics unite neurologists and cardiologists to identify stroke causes faster, personalize prevention strategies, reduce recurrent strokes, streamline testing, and improve long-term patient outcomes.

A practical tricuspid regurgitation risk score combines symptoms, imaging, labs, and comorbidities to predict prognosis, guide timely referrals, personalize treatment, and improve patient outcomes.

Arizona’s first heart-in-a-box transplant showcases warm perfusion technology, extending donor heart preservation, expanding transplant opportunities, improving organ assessment, and offering hope for patients nationwide awaiting.