Vascular Medicine News

Recently postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure but no other CVD risk factors were more likely to develop white matter lesions 14 years later, regardless of short-term hormone therapy use, data show.

Less than 5% of hospitalized adults with type 2 diabetes received an SGLT2 inhibitor or GLP-1 before being discharged, according to data from a cohort study published in the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

CT imaging of patients entering lung cancer treatment identified a high prevalence of atherosclerosis, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient course.

In a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials of non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants vs. single antiplatelet therapy, rivaroxaban was associated with higher rates of major bleeding compared with low-dose aspirin, researchers reported.

Women with hypertension who followed a very low-calorie ketogenic diet had greater reductions in systolic and diastolic blood pressure than those who engaged in intermittent fasting, researchers reported.

Intensive BP lowering after successful endovascular thrombectomy for acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke did not improve 90-day functional outcomes vs. standard BP control, a speaker reported.

The Preeclampsia Foundation launched a new initiative that aims to close the maternal health equity gap and promote the use of low-dose aspirin to reduce preeclampsia risk in Black women.

Adults receiving semaglutide for the treatment of obesity were more likely to have antihypertensive or lipid-lowering therapy tapered or discontinued than those receiving placebo, according to data from the STEP trials.

Foods advertised during NFL games were typically high in content like fat, sodium and calories, a cross-sectional analysis in JAMA Network Open showed.