Vascular Medicine News

Aurlumyn injection has been approved for the treatment of severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation, the FDA announced in a press release.

People with spinal cord injury have elevated risk for heart attack, heart failure and atrial fibrillation compared with controls, researchers reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Replacing usual salt with a potassium-enriched salt substitute in the kitchens of elder care facilities in China for 2 years reduced risk for incident hypertension by approximately 40% for adults with normal BP, data show.

Patients who experience acute ischemic stroke may be at elevated risk for heart attack within 1 year of their index event, according to study findings presented during the International Stroke Conference.

Black women as young as 24 years diagnosed with hypertension may have up to a threefold greater risk for stroke at midlife vs. women without hypertension, researchers reported.

Among adults with prehypertension, 12 months of tai chi significantly decreased office systolic BP by a mean of 2.4 mm Hg more than aerobic exercise, along with greater reductions in 24-hour and nighttime ambulatory systolic BP, data show.

The combination treatment of two or more antihypertensive therapies in patients being treated with ibrutinib can significantly reduce blood pressure, data published in Blood Advances showed.

Anticoagulation with apixaban after cryptogenic stroke with evidence of atrial cardiopathy and no atrial fibrillation did not prevent recurrent stroke compared with aspirin, researchers reported.

South Korean women positive for high-risk HPV infection were nearly four times as likely to die of atherosclerotic CVD compared with women without HPV infection, even when women had no baseline CVD and low CV risk factors, data show.

Adults with obesity plus hypertension used fewer BP-lowering medications and were much more likely to experience hypertension remission 5 years after undergoing bariatric surgery compared with medical therapy alone, researchers reported.