Vascular Medicine News

Childhood amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” was associated with increased likelihood of cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood and a potential for increased risk for heart attack and death, researchers reported.

Hemorrhagic MI is associated with poor outcomes after PCI for STEMI and can be diagnosed via troponin kinetics, not necessarily requiring cardiac MRI, researchers reported at Cardiovascular Research Technologies.

People living in extreme poverty had a higher prevalence of heart disease risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity and dyslipidemia than previously thought, according to an analysis of people from 78 countries.

Following 15-minute use of an electronic nicotine delivery system, or ENDS, lung function fell and blood pressure and heart rate rose in long-term users vs. nonusers, according to results published in CHEST.

Among adults with depression, risk for cardiovascular events was greater in women compared with men, regardless of age or obesity status, researchers reported in JACC: Asia.

Cleerly has received FDA breakthrough device designation for its coronary artery disease staging system, which was also accepted into the FDA’s Total Product Life Cycle Advisory Program Pilot, according to a company press release.

Individuals with elevated and worsening metabolic syndrome had an increased risk for developing an array of cancer types compared with those who did not, according to results published in Cancer.

After decades of decline in CVD deaths among patients with hypertension, there has been no significant change since the first decade of the 2000s, according to a study published in Hypertension.

Patients without health insurance experienced higher rates of unplanned surgery, inpatient mortality and complications for access-sensitive conditions that could be treated electively, according to data published in JAMA Surgery.

Silk Road Medical announced that it has launched the next iteration of its transcarotid stent system in the U.S.