Gestational diabetes mellitus may up risk for range of later cardiovascular conditions
Feb 10, 2022
Traditional risk factors such as subsequent diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia only partially contribute to higher risk.
Four in 10 adults report heart symptoms during the pandemic
Feb 09, 2022
And one in four COVID-19 survivors says the virus affected their heart health.
Preventive aspirin should be based on benefit, not age
Jan 14, 2022
The authors urge primary care physicians to make case-by-case basis decisions based on the benefit-to-risk.
More physical activity is better for patients with CVD
Dec 10, 2021
The benefit of physical activity with regard to health outcomes appears to be influenced by cardiovascular health status.
AHA: High sodium, low potassium intake linked to higher cardiovasular risk
Nov 22, 2021
Higher sodium excretion, lower potassium excretion and higher sodium-to-potassium ratio were linked to higher cardiovascular risk.
Sacubitril-valsartan does not cut risk for death, heart failure after MI
Nov 22, 2021
Sacubitril-valsartan is not linked to a reduced incidence of death from cardiovascular causes or incident heart failure versus ramipril.
Lifetime excess weight linked to subclinical myocardial injury
Oct 27, 2021
People with body mass index trajectories of stable overweight or obesity have elevated levels of cardiac troponin I, a marker of subclinical myocardial injury.
Salt substitute cuts strokes, cardiovascular events, deaths in older adults
Sep 17, 2021
Rates of stroke, major cardiovascular events and death were lower with a salt substitute versus regular salt in older adults with hypertension and a history of stroke.
Aortic valve replacement up in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Sep 17, 2021
One-year outcomes were similar for patients with or without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Peanut consumption linked to reduced stroke risk in Japan
Sep 10, 2021
An association was seen in men and women for higher peanut consumption with reduced risks of total stroke, ischemic stroke and cardiovascular disease.