Large waist linked to poor health, even among those in healthy body mass index ranges

Having a big belly has consequences beyond trouble squeezing into your pants. It's detrimental to your health, even if you have a healthy body mass index (BMI), a new international collaborative study has found.

Grand Rounds: Cardiac Regeneration

Atta Behfar, M.D., Ph.D., presents Cardiac Regeneration.

Type B thoracic aortic dissection: When to intervene

Robert D. McBane II, M.D., Randall R. DeMartino M.D., Thomas C. Bower, M.D., and Alberto Pochettino, M.D., discuss when to intervene in Type B thoracic aortic dissection cases.

Mayo Clinic first in U.S. testing stem cell use in pediatric congenital heart disease trial

Mayo Clinic is announcing the first stem cell clinical trial for pediatric congenital heart disease in the U.S. The trial aims to determine how stem cells from autologous umbilical cord blood can help children with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS).

Interventional lipidology and evolving strategies to lower lipids

Bernard Gersh, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil., and R. Scott Wright, M.D., examine the introduction of interventional lipidology and other lipid-lowering strategies as in comparison to preventive cardio.

Exercise and depression in cardiac patients

Bernard J. Gersh, M.B., Ch.B., D.Phil., and Randal J. Thomas, M.D., discuss the UPBEAT study and other data on exercise and depression in peoplewith CAD.

Evaluation and Management of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Charanjit (Chet) Rihal, MD, MBA, interviews Paul Sorajja, MD, about appropriate approaches to managing and evaluating hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Devices and tricuspid valve prosthesis

Steve R. Ommen, M.D., and Raul E. Espinosa, M.D., weigh in on the interaction of the tricuspid valve prosthesis with pacemakers and defibrillators.

Erectile dysfunction: Harbinger of heart disease?

Charanjit S. Rihal, M.D., and Stephen L. Kopecky, M.D., discuss erectile dysfunction and its impact on cardiovascular prognosis and diagnosis.