Cardiology News

Preeclampsia significantly increases future risk for CVD; however, many women with preeclampsia fail to attend postpartum follow-up visits and, therefore, do not receive proper preventive care.

ATLANTA — A small study that involved participants eating a dozen fortified eggs per week demonstrated modest potential for improved cholesterol vs. a non-egg supplemented diet, a speaker reported.

Environmental injustices such as air pollution and poor transport infrastructure may play a significant role in regional risk for cardiovascular disease and risk factors for it, researchers reported.

In a prospective cohort study, excessive exposure to outdoor artificial light at night and air pollution were associated with elevated risk for stroke, researchers reported in Stroke.

Eating during an 8-hour window carries a higher risk for cardiovascular death compared with the average eating window in the United States of 12 to 16 hours.

People who did not adhere to a long-term aspirin regimen after an MI had a higher risk for recurrent MI, stroke or death, although the risk appeared less pronounced among older adults and women, according to study results.

Hyperangulated video laryngoscopy among patients being intubated increased initial intubation attempt success and reduced the number of intubation attempts vs. direct laryngoscopy, a study showed.

Idorsia announced that the FDA has approved aprocitentan, its antihypertensive drug, for treatment of hypertension in combination with other drugs in patients whose BP is not adequately controlled on other drugs.

A time-restricted eating window of less than 8 hours was associated with increased risk for cardiovascular death, according to study findings presented at the Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Scientific Sessions.

Recent study results showed that despite improved hypertension control, there has been little decline in CVD deaths among patients with hypertension since the first decade of the 2000s.