Vascular Medicine News

According to published results, underlying patient factors may have a greater impact on risk of venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty compared with thromboprophylactic agents.

In adults with hypertension and at least one CHD risk factor followed for up to 23 years, three antihypertensive medications did not differ in CVD mortality, according to long-term results of the ALLHAT trial.

In adults with atrial fibrillation who developed ischemic stroke, those treated with left atrial appendage closure had better outcomes than those receiving direct oral anticoagulant prophylaxis, data from a registry analysis show.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Dhruv S. Kazi, MD, MSc, MS, discusses the importance of cardiac rehabilitation, noting that a comprehensive program is “more than just supervised exercise.”

ORLANDO — In cognitively healthy adults, the presence of seizures predicted earlier change from normal cognition to mild cognitive impairment but was not associated with change from MCI to dementia. according to research.

Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of the most-read news in cardiology of November 2023.

Energy drink consumption before pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for gestational hypertension, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Inhalation of traffic-related air pollution in a car with unfiltered air was linked to a rapid increase in BP, which peaked within 1 hour, a recent study found.

Healio | Cardiology Today compiled a list of the top news from the 2023 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

PHILADELPHIA — In this Healio video exclusive, Yvonne Commodore-Mensah, PhD, MHS, RN, talks with Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, about the burden of uncontrolled hypertension in the U.S. and how to consider health equity in treatment.