Vascular Medicine News

Using the American Heart Association’s new PREVENT risk calculator would mean reducing eligibility for statin and/or antihypertensive therapy by approximately 16 million U.S. adults, researchers reported in JAMA.

Obesity accounts for much of the risk for primary hypertension, and a treatment plan that could address both issues could substantially reduce a person’s underlying risk for cardiovascular disease and other complications.

Is there such a thing as having a broken heart from depression?

Body composition patterns associated with weight and fat distribution were strongly correlated with neurodegenerative disease and brain aging, mediated by cardiovascular disease, according to research published in Neurology.

Both obesity pharmacotherapy and bariatric surgery offer paths to substantial weight loss for people who struggle with excess weight, and new data suggest there is also an additional bonus benefit for many — a sustained reduction in blood pressure.

The disease of obesity often brings cardiometabolic consequences, including hypertension, which remains the most potent and predictive risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with increased risk for overall and type-specific strabismus, including exophoria and intermittent exotropia, in offspring at age 3 years, researchers reported.

Genetically predicted early age at menarche was associated with increased carotid intima-media thickness, an early marker of subclinical atherosclerosis and medial hypertrophy, researchers reported.

In a meta-analysis of trials of blood pressure-lowering interventions, those led by pharmacists and community health workers resulted in more BP lowering than those led by other professionals, researchers reported.

A longitudinal cohort study has yielded new insights into risks for and long-term effects of cisplatin-related hearing loss.