Cardiology News

Salt reduction in patients who have high daily sodium intake and are at high risk for atrial fibrillation may lower risk for incident AF, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Ten-year atherosclerotic CVD risk for people with stage 1 hypertension was substantially lower when estimated with the new PREVENT equations vs. the Pooled Cohort Equations, researchers reported.

Cancer survivors with the lowest socioeconomic status appeared twice as likely to die of CVD than those with the highest household incomes, according to a study published in European Heart Journal – Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes.

People who delayed diabetes through diet and exercise for at least 4 years after their prediabetes diagnosis had a lower risk for death and other adverse outcomes vs. those who were diagnosed with diabetes during that time, a study showed.

Children absorb significantly less nicotine when they are exposed to secondhand vapor from an e-cigarette compared with secondhand smoke, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

Switching to a Mediterranean diet during childhood and adolescence was associated with modest reductions in BP and an improved profile, which may extend to better heart health during adulthood, researchers reported.

Adults with obstructive sleep apnea had elevated odds of developing various heart-related health conditions compared with those without it, and the association was strongest in younger individuals, researchers reported.

Semaglutide was associated with an increased risk for nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy — a form of optic neuropathy that can cause blindness — in adults with type 2 diabetes or obesity, recent data show.

Nearly half of U.S. counties lack cardiologists, almost all of which are rural, with lower household income and higher prevalence of CV risk factors, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Young athletes are at risk for prehypertension and hypertension, and the prevalence varies depending on race, sex and sports played, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Care of the Athletic Heart conference.