Cardiology News

Among patients with chronic coronary syndrome, women were less likely than men to be treated with lipid-lowering therapy, researchers reported at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2024.

BOSTON — Editors of Annals of Internal Medicine compiled a list of studies published over the past year that they said have important implications for internal medicine physicians.

Less than optimal heart health at midlife was associated with a decline in the mental processing speed of Black women, but not white women, researchers reported.

People who used e-cigarettes had a 19% elevated risk for heart failure compared with never users, according to a study of 175,667 participants that was presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Women with preterm birth, small for gestational age infants, preeclampsia, hypertensive disorders or gestational diabetes had increased mortality risks persisting more than 40 years after delivery, researchers reported.

Patients with syphilis experienced higher rates of CV events like stroke, MI and death compared with a matched control group, according to a large-scale, real-world study published in European Heart Journal.

BOSTON — Time-restricted eating did not result in more weight loss vs. a usual eating pattern, suggesting that overall caloric intake may have a larger effect on weight loss than meal timing, researchers reported.

ATLANTA — Individuals with a history of e-cigarette use may have increased risk for incident heart failure, regardless of concomitant cigarette, cigar, hookah or smokeless cigarette use, a speaker reported.

The 2022 European Society of Cardiology risk assessment tool, when applied at baseline and follow-up, can accurately predict survival in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to data.

Adults with obesity-related heart failure and diabetes saw improvements in heart failure symptoms and physical function with semaglutide 2.4 mg compared with placebo, a recent study showed.