Cardiology News

Pre-participation screening, particularly whether an ECG should be included as part of a pre-participation exam for young athletes, is one of the most widely debated topics in sports cardiology.

Higher BMI during early adulthood was associated with an elevated risk for CV outcomes, like heart disease and stroke, among adults aged 35 to 70 years, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.

In patients with obesity, gastric bypass surgery plus a very low-energy diet reduced major atherogenic blood lipids to a greater degree than a very low-energy diet alone at 6 weeks, according to the results of the COCKTAIL trial.

Teva Pharmaceuticals launched the first generic GLP-1 receptor agonist, liraglutide 1.8 mg, for patients aged 10 years or older with type 2 diabetes.

Biomarkers in dried blood spot testing may help identify congenital heart disease in newborns, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

Drinking more than 12 g of alcohol every day increased the risk for hypertension in a linear fashion, according to a meta-analysis of 23 studies with 600,000 participants.

More than 40% of young athletes who participated in a single-visit screening program had prehypertension or hypertension, according to data presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Care of the Athletic Heart conference.

CHICAGO — Middle-aged and older adults who consumed greater amounts of ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, had an approximately 10% increased risk for death over a median follow-up period of 23 years, according to a study presented at NUTRITION.

Exposure to workplace sexual harassment was associated with elevated risk for developing CVD and type 2 diabetes, according to a study published in European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Loneliness was associated with an increased risk for stroke in middle-aged and older adults, and the risk was particularly high among those with chronic loneliness, a study in eClinicalMedicine showed.