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Top Cardiology News for April 2026
29 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD journalists recall Eugene Braunwald's impact on the field and share their favorite research news from recent weeks.
Top Cardiology News for March 2026
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD news team talks lipid guidelines, echo surveillance in AS, radiation for structural imagers, tirzepatide in TAVI, and conduction-system paci...
Top Cardiology News for March 2026
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD news team talks lipid guidelines, echo surveillance in AS, radiation for structural imagers, tirzepatide in TAVI, and conduction-system paci...
Top Cardiology News for February 2026
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From Evolut Low Risk data to nudges for physicians, plus the latest meeting news, this month had a lot to offer for the TCTMD team.
Top Cardiology News for January 2026
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD journalists share their top picks, from CPR gaffes on TV to cardiologists' reactions to the new dietary guidelines and more.
Top Cardiology News for 2025
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD journalists look back at the year's memorable moments—and take a few guesses at what's ahead.
Top Cardiology News for November 2025
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TCTMD journalists share their favorite news: from artificial intelligence to evolocumab, stem cell therapy, fish oil, and more.
Heart Sounds_TCTMD Turns 25
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To mark the website's 25th anniversary, the TCTMD news team reflects on memorable moments across the years.
Top Cardiology News for September 2025
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD team discusses their favorite stories from this past month, while special guest Robert Roswell breaks down the DAPT-SHOCK-AMI trial from ESC...
Heart Sounds Top Cardiology News for August 2025
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Special guest Mamas Mamas highlights his top picks for ESC 2025, and the TCTMD news team shares the stories that struck them this month.
Top Cardiology News for July 2025
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TCTMD journalists discuss their favorites of the month: from the latest data to summer adventures.
Top Cardiology News for June 2025
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD news team share their h, from troponin spikes in exercise to GLP-1s in PAD, STEMI delays, and the legacy of Dimitrios Karmpaliotis.
Top Cardiology News for May 2025
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD news team discuss their favorite moments of the month. Today's special guest is Morton Kern.
Top Cardiology News for April 2025
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
TCTMD journalists share their highlights, from a novel endovascular therapy to pacing questions, early ezetimibe, and more. This month's special guest...
Now With the TCTMD Team
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthly podcast is growing! Tune in for favorite moments of March from Caitlin Cox, Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Todd Neale, and Mike O'Riordan.
Top Cardiology News for February 2025
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
THT 2025, AEDs in schools, PAD pain, wildfires and CVD, heart health in sexual minorities.
Top Cardiology News for January 2025
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
STS 2025, bariatric surgery vs GLP-1s, defining obesity, pregnancy complications, and private equity-owned hospitals.
Most Memorable Stories of 2024
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An annual tradition: TCTMD's Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Michael O'Riordan, Caitlin Cox, and Todd Neale describe their standout stories.
November 2024: Wrapping Up AHA 2024
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood hears some scientific session highlights from AHA President Keith Churchwell.
October 2024: Live From TCT 2024
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood, Ajay Kirtane, and Roxana Mehran look back at key moments, trials, and takeaways from this year's meeting.
September 2024: Catching Up on ESC
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood and Carlos Aguiar look back on Europe's biggest cardiology congress.
August 2024: Picturing HCM Ahead of ESC
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood speaks with Srihari Naidu and Lindsay Davis about their new children's book on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Top News for July 2024
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Access to cardiologists, equity in valve disease, repurposing instrumented radial arteries, recovering from RECOVER IV's demise, and more.
June 2024: NY Valves and AHA Turns 100
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Top news for June, plus Rose Marie Robertson looks back on 100 years of cardiology progress.
May 2024: EuroPCR and Other Meeting Highlights
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood sums up some top news from SCAI, ESC-HF, ESOC, HRS, and EuroPCR, with takeaways from Thomas Cuisset.
April 2024: Key Takeaways From ACC 2024
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Hear some hot takes on REDUCE-AMI, ORBITA-COSMIC, PREVENT, and more of the top news this month.
March 2024: Art and Arteries
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood talks painting, science, tragedy, and woo-woo with C. Michael Gibson.
Top Cardiology News for February 2024
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Big wins for the tricuspid valve, a blow for the HDL hypothesis, TAVI and SAVR in younger patients, and a tribute to Alain Cribier.
January 2024: Top News
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Working through PTO, private equity interest in cardiology, off-label PFO closure, and more.
Most Memorable Stories of 2023
27 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An annual tradition, TCTMD's Yael Maxwell, Laura McKeown, Michael O'Riordan, Caitlin Cox, and Todd Neale describe their top stories.
November 2023: TCT, AHA, and PCR London Valves
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood hears highlights from Ajay Kirtane, Juan Granada, Joanna Chikwe, and Bernard Prendergast.
October 2023: Singer-Songwriter Suzie Brown
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This month, host Shelley Wood hears from heart failure cardiologist and Nashville musician, Suzanne Brown Sacks.
September 2023: Top News
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
CV drug costs, a sexual misconduct survey, incidental CAC on chest CT, real-world MitraClip, and a new cardiology board.
August 2023: Top News From ESC
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood catches up with ESC President Franz Weidinger to hear his highlights from this year's Congress.
July 2023 These Vital Signs
26 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood speaks with Sayed Tabatabai about his new book on doctoring, love, and loss, and the inspiration of a Twitter constraint.
June 2023: Top News
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The UK's TAVI fracas, colchicine's approval, CV risks with opioid alternatives, a kitchen-sink approach to CLTI, and more.
May 2023: Highlights From EuroPCR and SCAI
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood catches up with Davide Capodanno and Sunil Rao to hear their highlights from these meetings.
April 2023: Top News
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Weight regain and cardiometabolic risk, recalled medical devices, a pandemic of inactivity, devices for diuretic resistance, and an all-women CV surge...
March 2023: ACC in Review
29 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood hears about this year's most memorable moments (and trials) from Douglas Drachman, MD, and Katie Berlacher, MD.
February 2023: Top News
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Go Red for Women's footprint, CMS coverage for LVADs, rising violence against cardiologists, and more.
January 2023: Creativity and CV Surgery
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood talks with cardiovascular surgeon Joanna Chikwe about carving out time for creativity and the arts.
Top TCTMD News Takeaways of 2022
21 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood asks the TCTMD reporters for their most memorable stories of the year.
November 2022: Top Takeaways From AHA 2022
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Manesh Patel joins Shelley Wood to rehash some of the top trials and sessions of this year's meeting.
October 2022: TAVI Stroke Protection, Menthol Cigs, Ukraine Cath Labs, and More
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
TCTMD talks to David Cohen, Carlos Buhler, Robert Jackler, Mary Norine Walsh, Saras Vallabajosyula, J. Dawn Abbott, and Valentin Fuster.
September 2022: Top Takeaways from TCT 2022
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood hears from program directors Juan Granada and Ajay Kirtane about TCT meeting highlights.
August 2022: Top Takeaways from ESC 2022
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood sits down with outgoing ESC president Stephan Achenbach to hear highlights of the meeting and his term at the helm.
July 2022: Myocarditis and COVID-19 Vaccines—An Update
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Pillay, Lisa Hartling, and Ian Paterson join host Shelley Wood to recap the latest evidence for this rare vaccine complication.
June 2022: Abortion Access, Catching COVID, Climate Cardiology, and More
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD team hears from Jennifer Haythe, Shelley Zieroth, John Teerlink, Kamil Faridi, Amar Krishnaswamy, and Dhruv Kazi.
May 2022: Hard Truths, Women's Hearts
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood speaks with Nanette Wenger and Jennifer Mieres about the urgent need to improve research, prevention, and care for female patients.
April 2022: Highlights From ACC 2022
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood hears from program chair Pamela Morris about top trials and the rewards of returning to face-to-face meetings.
March 2022: Treating Family, Challenging VARC3, Pregnant Cardiologists, and More
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD team hears from Sarita Rao, Athena Poppas, Patrick O. Myers, Martha Gulati, Carlos Iribarren, and Priya Kothapalli.
February 2022: Vaccine Misinformation, Acetaminophen and BP, Bicuspid SAVR, and More
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The TCTMD team hears from Jonathan Drezner, Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Louise Sun, Srihari Naidu, and David Webb.
January 2022: Lines in Life and Art With Nazanin Moghbeli
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley Wood hears from professional artist and cardiologist Nazanin Moghbeli on how art offers both a refuge from, and insights into, her clinical pr...
Top News in Cardiology for 2021
29 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Shelley Wood asks the TCTMD reporters for their most memorable stories of the year.
Top News in Cardiology: November 2021
24 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TCTMD's Shelley Wood hears highlights from the 2021 TCT and AHA meetings from Ajay Kirtane and Amit Khera.
Top News in Cardiology: October 2021
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
News from VIVA and EACTS, plus DOAC bleeds, vaccine myocarditis, social vulnerability, and more.
Top News in Cardiology: September 2021
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Expired medical devices, CMS payments to cardiologists, menopause and ASCVD, a primer on noninferiority trials, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: August 2021
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ESC President Stephan Achenbach offers his highlights from this year's ESC virtual congress.
Top Stories in Cardiology: July 2021
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Biykem Bozkurt summarizes what's known to date about mRNA vaccine-associated myocarditis and how risks stack up against those of COVID-19 itself.
Top Stories in Cardiology: June 2021
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Myocarditis and mRNA vaccines, new EU device regulation, CAC scores and TAVI in younger patients, racism in the cath lab, and more.
Top News in Cardiology: May 2021
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Drachman recaps his top takeaways from ACC 2021, and host Shelley Wood offers some highlights from EuroPCR.
Top News in Cardiology: April 2021
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jaap Hamburger worked as a cardiologist for decades before taking the leap to compose music full-time. His motto: strength and courage.
Top Stories In Cardiology March 2021
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Francesca Torriani and Ori Ben-Yehuda talk COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and what physicians can do to assuage patient fears.
Top Stories in Cardiology: February 2021
24 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: February 2021 by TCTMD
Top Stories in Cardiology: January 2021
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For the first podcast of the year, Managing Editor Shelley Wood speaks with TCTMD's new Senior Clinical Editor, Mamas Mamas.
Top Stories in Cardiology: December 2020
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In what's become an annual tradition, the TCTMD reporters talk about the stories they'll remember from 2020.
Top Stories in Cardiology: November 2020
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Donald Lloyd-Jones and Manesh Patel recap the top trials from AHA 2020.
Top Stories in Cardiology: October 2020
28 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Dee Dee Wang and David Homan give their top takeaways from TCT Connect.
Top Stories in Cardiology: September 2020
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Colchicine at the ESC Congress, teaching high-risk PCI, TAVR grey areas, disproportionate MR in MITRA-FR, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: August 2020
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month: a cardiac MRI study of COVID-19, MIs in EXCEL, the pandemic's indelible mark on cardiology, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: July 2020
29 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Guest host Caitlin E. Cox sums up TCTMD's best non-COVID news of July 2020.
Top Stories in Cardiology: June 2020
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Julia Grapsa and Mary Norine Walsh describe the many ways COVID-19 affects the heart.
Top Stories in Cardiology: May 2020
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Barbara Casadei describes how the UK is emerging from COVID-19.
Top Stories in Cardiology: April 2020
29 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the COVID-19 era, older and younger physicians, telehealth, RCTS, obesity, and inflammation.
Top Stories in Cardiology: March 2020
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month features an in-depth conversation on COVID-19 with Alaide Chieffo, MD.
Top Stories in Cardiology: February 2020
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month we look back at the STS and ISET meetings, plus some highlights from the cardio journals.
Top Stories in Cardiology: January 2020
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This month we look at TCAR's rise, paclitaxel devices below the knee, MitraClip in the US, and executive screening.
Top Stories in Cardiology: December 2019
25 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In what's become an annual tradition, the TCTMD reporters chose their favorite stories of 2019.
Top Stories in Cardiology: November 2019
27 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of Heart Sounds, Robert Harrington reviews the big news from AHA 2019.
Top Stories in Cardiology: October 2019
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month looks back at big trials from TCT and EACTS, plus a look-ahead to ISCHEMIA.
Top Stories in Cardiology: September 2019
25 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month's episode is devoted to top trials from the ESC 2019 Congress.
Top Stories in Cardiology: August 2019
28 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month features news from the latest spate of cardiology meetings: SCAI, EuroPCR, HRS, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: July 2019
31 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Topics this month range from chest-pain triage, to valsartan-related cancers, ischemia as a predictor of CV outcomes.
Top Stories in Cardiology: June 2019
26 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month: TVT highlights, an FDA panel review of paclitaxel PAD devices, a pill-in-the-pocket approach to A-fib, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: May 2019
29 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month features news from the latest spate of cardiology meetings: SCAI, EuroPCR, HRS, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: April 2019
24 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month, Heart Sounds takes a leisurely stroll through broken embargoes, DES in minority women, improving shock outcomes, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: March 2019
27 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month features low-risk TAVR, AUGUSTUS, and other top news from the ACC and EHRA 2019 meetings. This episode is brought to you by Philips. Learn...
Top Stories in Cardiology: February 2019
27 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This month we explore some new twists and turns in the paclitaxel-PAD device saga, plus get highlights from the STS and ISC meetings, not to mention "...
Top Stories in Cardiology: January 2019
30 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: January 2019 with guest host Caitlin Cox.
Top Stories in Cardiology: December 2018
26 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In what's become an annual tradition, the TCTMD reporters pick their favorite stories of the year gone by.
Top Stories in Cardiology: November 2018
28 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: November 2018
Top Stories in Cardiology: October 2018
31 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Heart Sounds this month covers industry-funding in clinical trials, breaking news for rivaroxaban, same-day discharge for PCI, and more. Hosted by She...
Top Stories in Cardiology: September 2018
26 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month plays catch up with news from ESC 2018, plus on-the-ground insights from TCT 208.
Top Stories in Cardiology: August 2018
28 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology for August 2018 with guest host Caitlin Cox.
Top Stories in Cardiology: July 2018
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
NSAIDs plus NOACs, A Department of Justice investigation, the blood pressure of billions, defending CAC tests, TAVR reform, and more on Heart Sounds t...
Top Stories in Cardiology: June 2018
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: June 2018
Top Stories in Cardiology: May 2018
29 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: May 2018
Top Stories in Cardiology: April 2018
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Top Stories in Cardiology: April 2018
Top Stories in Cardiology: March 2018
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month's podcast has highlights from the ACC 2018 meeting including ODYSSEY, VEST, SMART-DATE, and more.
Top Stories in Cardiology: February 2018
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This month's podcast includes tidbits from ISET 2018, the Circulation's Go Red for Women issue, and two in-depth feature stories.