Vascular Medicine News

Initiation of high-intensity statin therapy during the acute phase of minor, noncardiogenic stroke may increase bleeding risk, according to the results of a Chinese cohort study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Presence of CAD was prognostic of increased mortality for patients with heart failure, even for those with only mildly reduced ejection fraction, according a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

People with excess adiposity in young adulthood were more likely to have adverse cardiac structure and function later in life compared with people without it, researchers reported in the European Heart Journal.

For the 30th straight year, Cleveland Clinic topped U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals rankings for cardiology and heart surgery.

Ten-year atherosclerotic CVD risk for people with stage 1 hypertension was substantially lower when estimated with the new PREVENT equations vs. the Pooled Cohort Equations, researchers reported.

Cancer survivors with the lowest socioeconomic status appeared twice as likely to die of CVD than those with the highest household incomes, according to a study published in European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes.

People who delayed diabetes through diet and exercise for at least 4 years after their prediabetes diagnosis had a lower risk for death and other adverse outcomes vs. those who were diagnosed with diabetes during that time, a study showed.

Time to diagnosis as well as morbidity outcomes and mortality rates among patients with calciphylaxis has steadily improved since 2006, according to a study.

Switching to a Mediterranean diet during childhood and adolescence was associated with modest reductions in BP and an improved profile, which may extend to better heart health during adulthood, researchers reported.

Combined SGLT2 inhibitor and GLP-1 receptor agonist therapy could provide additional cardiovascular and renal benefits for adults with type 2 diabetes, according to data from a meta-analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.