Top in cardiology: Pregnancy outcomes and heart disease risk; harms of emotional eating
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Five major adverse pregnancy outcomes were associated with an increased risk for ischemic heart disease decades after delivery, according to a report published in BMJ.
The five adverse outcomes were preterm delivery, preeclampsia, gestational diabetes, small for gestational age and other hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. It was the top story in cardiology last week.
Another top story was about an association between emotional eating and cardiovascular damage. Researchers said the association was only evident among adults, not adolescents.
Read these and more top stories in cardiology below:
Major adverse pregnancy outcomes confer long-term ischemic heart disease risk in women
Women who had any of five major adverse pregnancy outcomes had elevated risk for ischemic heart disease for as long as 46 years after delivery, researchers reported in BMJ. Read more.
Eating behavior, emotional regulation impact CV health
There is an association between emotional eating and cardiovascular damage in adults that can be mediated by stress levels, according to a study published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. Read more.
Recent updates in women’s heart health: Pregnancy, menopause, risk factors and more
Feb. 3 was Wear Red Day. In support of women’s heart health, Healio and Cardiology Today curated a list of recent updates in women’s heart health. Read more.
Healthy lifestyle can cut CVD risk in patients with FH
A healthy lifestyle was associated with reduced risk for CVD among adults with familial hypercholesterolemia regardless of their familial hypercholesterolemia mutation status, researchers reported. Read more.
Sepsis may be nontraditional risk factor for HF, rehospitalization
Adults who survive a hospitalization with sepsis are at substantially increased risk for post-discharge death and cardiovascular events resulting in hospitalization, researchers reported. Read more.