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Refresh, Reflect, and Re-engage this Heart Month

By Lisa Maher | February 5, 2025

Happy Heart Month to my colleagues across the globe! Thank you for all you do each and every day to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease. Each February, we are afforded…

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9 Reasons to Attend the 31st Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium

By PCNA | January 31, 2025

Whether you attend our 31st Annual Cardiovascular Nursing Symposium in person or virtually, you’re bound to get an incredible return on your investment. Live events occur April 10-12, 2025 at…

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Commotio Cordis

By Carol Milliron | January 23, 2025

On January 2, 2023, Damar Hamlin, a 24-year-old Buffalo Bills’ safety collapsed to the ground after a routine tackle in which the left shoulder of an opposing player struck him…

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Recap of Cardio Connections: Hypertension and Beyond

By Lisa Maher | January 8, 2025

Cardiovascular-focused healthcare professionals can make a significant impact in both hypertension and stroke risk reduction and management, leading to positive patient outcomes that would otherwise not be attainable. Cardiovascular (CV)…

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New Style of Patient Education Tools

By PCNA | January 1, 2025

In 2024, PCNA unveiled a new type of tool for you and your patients: Online Interactive Guides! These tools provide patients with a more interactive mobile/digital first approach to our…

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Blue Zone Living for Cardiovascular Health

By PCNA | December 20, 2024

Thank you to Elizabeth Moxley, PhD, RN, BS, FAHA, FPCNA and Morgan Moxley for this article on implementing the successes of blue zones for cardiovascular health. People reaching age 100…

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Top 10 Things to Know About the 2024 Stroke Guideline

By Lisa Maher | December 9, 2024

In the US, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds, and someone dies from stroke every 3 minutes and 11 seconds. Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability,1…

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Nurses as Advocates in Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Cardiovascular Care

By PCNA | November 26, 2024

Thank you to Setareh Raygani, MS, AGNP-C and Linda Park, PhD, MS, FNP-BC, FAAN for authoring this important article on loneliness and cardiovascular disease. The Growing Concern of Loneliness and…

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Global Cardiovascular Nursing Leaders Unite in Budapest to Tackle CVD Prevention

By PCNA | November 6, 2024

In October 2024, more than two dozen healthcare professionals from 11 countries met in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss best practices and local applications of clinical work, advocacy, and leadership to…

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Hypertension Clinician Certification

By PCNA | October 31, 2024

Hypertension, often referred to as the silent killer, is a major health crisis and is the number one avoidable risk for death from heart attack or stroke. Given a persistent…

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