Vascular Medicine News

Erythritol, a nonnutritive sweetener generally recognized as safe by the FDA, demonstrated fast-acting prothrombotic properties not observed with traditional glucose in a small study.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea treated with CPAP for 24 weeks had improved vascular inflammation and lower unstable plaque volume, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Overall rates of postdischarge follow-up care after heart disease hospitalization has increased, but gaps in follow-up care for Black and Medicaid dual-eligible patients widened, researchers reported.

PHILADELPHIA — Consuming a high-sugar diet over 10 days was associated with memory issues as well as negative cardiometabolic health compared with a low-sugar diet, according to a poster presentation.

An AI algorithm had high discriminative ability in identifying pulmonary hypertension-likely patients from control patients at and before diagnosis using electrocardiogram data, according to study results.

Teleflex announced its percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty perfusion balloon catheter has received FDA 510(k) clearance for balloon dilatation of coronary artery or coronary bypass graft stenoses.

High-quality CT and stress testing should be able to effectively and safely diagnose patients with stable chest pain and suspected CAD, regardless of BMI, while improving clinical efficiency, researchers reported.

With the use of AI-enabled quantitative coronary plaque analysis, researchers developed nomograms designed to improve risk stratification of patients who may be at risk for atherosclerosis.

Risk for psychiatric disorder or suicide attempt is particularly high in the first year following hospitalization for heart disease, and patient support is important to lower such risk, researchers reported.

Elevated lipoprotein(a), despite a coronary artery calcium score of 0, could portend coronary plaque burden and may be a potential marker for early atherosclerosis intervention, researchers reported.