Cardiology

Disparities in emergency routing persisted despite women being acutely sicker than men and living the same distance from a comprehensive stroke center, in a Houston, Tx study.

Guidelines on primary ASCVD prevention from the USPSTF and the AHA/ACC/Multisociety differ on why and when to initiate a statin. Try the 5-question quiz.

Young adults who smoke tobacco cigarettes or vape showed early signals of atherosclerosis compared with nonsmokers in a small, cross-sectional study.

For the 1 in 3 individuals with hyperlipidemia who can't or won't take a statin, preventive cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, details 3 alternative drug classes.

Findings from meta-analysis showed preoperative high-intensity interval training was associated with improvements in exercise capacity and a reduction in postoperative complications.

Factors positively associated with a timely first OAC Rx among the 41.3% who received one included male sex, certain comorbidities, other current medications, and obesity.

Preventive cardiologist Elizabeth Klodas, MD, reviews the essential elements of a plan of eating shown clinically to reduce hyperlipidemia.

The 72-year-old woman says the back pain came on earlier in the evening without injury or heavy lifting and radiates slightly to her left leg. What does the MRI show?

In a recent comparison of guideline recommendations for initiating statin therapy in primary prevention, researchers found significant differences in the numbers who would benefit.

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The expanded indication widens the patient population eligible for the novel siRNA therapy to include high-risk patients on maximum statin Rx who have not had a CV event.

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In a study of over 26 000 participants, statin use was associated with reduced risk for all-cause and CV mortality compared to placebo.

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Wellbeing is considered a measurable and modifiable community attribute that study authors show is correlated with CV outcomes.

The greatest increase over the 10 years was seen in deaths among American Indian and Alaska Native women, according to Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation data.

Vitamin D supplementation may reduce the incidence of major cardiovascular events in older adults, suggests new research.

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The predictive value of loneliness for cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes was stronger than traditional lifestyle risk factors in large UK Biobank analysis.

Pegozafermin, an investigational long-acting (FGF21) analogue, was associated with fibrosis improvement and NASH resolution in an average of 25% of study participants.

Sales of e-cigarettes in the US jumped by 46% from 2020-2022; rapid market shifts beg coordinated restrictions to protect public health, says the CDC.

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Retatrutide, survodutide, orforglipron. The 3 new GLP-1 agonist-based AOMs showed weight loss of up to 20% and are well worth watching.

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ADA 2023: The only nonstatin therapy to reduce risk for 4-point MACE in ASCVD may potentially find a role in primary prevention as well, though caution is advised.

SGLT-2 inhibitors were found to consistently reduce risk of CV mortality and HF events in a meta-analysis including 90 000 high-risk patients with T2D, CKD, and/or HF.

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Among adults aged 50 to 80 years with a BP-related condition, less than half say they regularly monitor BP at home; one-third are "not very concerned" about their BP.

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Higher scores on a healthy lifestyle index were associated with significantly reduced risk of incident CVD among women aged 50-79 years with BMI between 18.5 and 25.0.