Burden of heart disease considerable for American Indians, Alaska Natives
Sep 26, 2023
Half of the participants reported at least one severe cardiovascular condition; the overall mortality rate was 19.8%.
AHA advises obstructive sleep apnea screening for those with cardiovascular risk, conditions
Jun 21, 2021
People with cardiovascular risk factors or conditions should be screened for obstructive sleep apnea, according to a scientific statement issued by the American Heart Association and published online June...
Insomnia linked to recurrent major adverse cardiovascular events in coronary heart disease
Apr 08, 2022
The association remained significant after adjustment for major coronary risk factors, comorbidity, anxiety and depression symptoms.
Hypertension while lying down tied to worse cardiovascular disease outcomes
Sep 13, 2023
Findings seen regardless of whether hypertension persists in seated position
Built environment factors linked to prevalence of coronary heart disease
Mar 29, 2024
63% of census tract variation in coronary heart disease prevalence was predicted by built environment features extracted from Google Street View.
Vitamin D supplementation may cut risk of major cardiovascular events
Jul 05, 2023
The reduction was not significant overall, but it was significant among those taking cardiovascular drugs at baseline.
Nighttime light exposure tied to cardiovascular risk factors in seniors
Jul 08, 2022
Most older adults have some type of nighttime light exposure.
Approach for assessing cardiovascular health enhanced
Jun 29, 2022
Life’s Essential 8 updates many of the metrics from Life’s Simple 7 and adds new metric for sleep duration.
More sitting time tied to mortality, CVD in both rich, poor countries
Jun 17, 2022
The association was seen across countries at all economic levels but particularly among low- and lower-middle-income countries.
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.