Cardiovascular Disease

ACC 2023. Daily marijuana users were 34% more likely to have coronary artery disease than never-users, according to new research.

Foods that are "engineered" with refined carbohydrates and fats that are rapidly absorbed can lead to cravings on par with those for alcohol and nicotine, says Ashley Gearhardt, PhD.

A new review found that menopausal hormone therapy for vasomotor symptoms is safe and appropriate for most women at low atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.

Sleep duration irregularity was associated with measures of subclinical atherosclerosis in a racially and ethnically diverse study of more than 2000 adults.

All pregnant persons should have BP measured at each prenatal visit to prevent complications of hypertension disorders, says the USPSTF.

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Differences in cardiometabolic health between IVF- and naturally-conceived children were small and not statistically significant in the largest study of its kind.

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A study of more than 1.5 million women with a history of preeclampsia found up to a 4-fold higher risk of MI and 3-fold increased risk of stroke within 10 years of delivery.

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A 2-sample Mendelian randomization analysis showed that sleep apnea and snoring increased the risk of HTN and CAD, and these associations may partly be driven by BMI.

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After hospital discharge for heart failure, adults treated with either furosemide or torsemide had similar mortality rates, according to results from the TRANSFORM-HF clinical trial.

For each cardiometabolic disease, the risk of all-cause dementia rose by 42%; the risk rose 26% for Alzheimer disease and 64% for vascular dementia. Temporal onset and genetics play key roles.

Adolescents with more positive psychological assets were more likely to have good cardiometabolic health 2 decades later, and associations were stronger for Black youth.

Optimal glycemic control (less than 7%) in participants from the Look AHEAD trial was associated with smaller increases in frailty index score vs poorer control over the 8-year study period.

Commotio cordis is among the theories circulating around Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's on-field cardiac arrest.

Find a compact sampling of 2022 cardiovascular disease research reviewed on Patient Care, chosen by the editorial staff.

Cardiometabolic disease affects 1 out of every 2 Americans today. This first of 4 quizzes tests your knowledge of how to manage hypertension, heart failure, and renal disease.

Having both conditions while pregnant in the current study conferred more than double the risk of future CVD vs having either condition alone.

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Being most physically active in the late morning had a 16% decreased risk of coronary artery disease and a 17% decreased risk of stroke compared to midday.

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The therapeutic impact of the dietary lifestyle intervention and the differential effects could have major implications for clinical care and policy, say study authors.

"Cardiac rehabilitation is for life," says the NYU Langone Rusk Rehabilitation medical director of cardiac/pulmonary rehab, and he advocates empathy and compassionate understanding.

Baxdrostat shows potential to represent the first new class of antihypertensive agents approved since 2017.

AHA 2022: Study authors say more research is needed to investigate the impact of targeting social determinants of health to improve cardiometabolic risk and mortality in pregnant women.

In the SOLOIST-WHF trial, risk for HF readmission and CV death were reduced by more than 50% at 30- and 90-days after hospital discharge.

AHA 2022: Chronic users of either e-cigarettes or traditional cigarettes had acute changes in cardiovascular function and performed worse on exercise stress testing than never users in new study.

Apixaban was associated with up to a 28% lower risk of GI bleeding vs the 3 other direct oral anticoagulants in the first large-scale comparative analysis.