CHD/Prevention News

CHICAGO — Two novel agents targeting angiopoietin-like protein 3 demonstrated safety and lipid-lowering capabilities in phase 2 trials, according to findings presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Higher cumulative heart health score from age 18 to 45 years was associated with lower risk for cardiovascular disease and death at midlife, as too was improvement in CV health scores over the years, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — Survival from sudden cardiac arrest has improved in young competitive athletes in recent years, but racial disparities in outcomes were observed, researchers reported.

Healthy lifestyle and dietary behaviors appeared associated with reduced all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among men with nonmetastatic prostate cancer, according to results of a prospective cohort study.

Three minutes of moderate-intensity, unstructured physical activity per day could be enough to reduce risk for major cardiac events and death, researchers reported.

Among adults with thyroid cancer, those with hypoparathyroidism after a thyroidectomy may have increased risk for several complications such as diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia, researchers reported.

CHICAGO — Finerenone prevented new-onset atrial fibrillation or flutter in patients with chronic kidney disease and type 2 diabetes or heart failure with mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction, according to new data from FINE-HEART.

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part Healio Exclusive series on nutrition and lung health. Part two can be viewed here.

Gestational diabetes and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy mediated only a small part of the association between women’s midlife heart health and prepregnancy obesity, researchers reported.