Cardiology News

Patients who eventually developed giant cell arteritis demonstrated significantly higher levels of apolipoprotein A-I at baseline, according to population-based data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Along with type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia and thrombosis, the cardiometabolic diseases of obesity, hypertension and heart disease form a complex triad that poses significant risks to the health of individuals.

People living in extreme poverty had a higher prevalence of heart disease risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, smoking, obesity and dyslipidemia than previously thought, according to an analysis of people from 78 countries.

After first-time stroke, comorbid PTSD was associated with increased risk for hospital readmission among Black veterans that was not observed among white veterans, researchers reported.

Spontaneous preterm birth risk throughout pregnancy is higher for women with greater risk for preeclampsia in the first trimester, according to study results published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Among patients with rheumatic diseases, the risk for cardiovascular comorbidity is highest during the period immediately before or after initial diagnosis, according to data published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism.

Calcium and vitamin D supplementation decreased cancer mortality among postmenopausal women after more than 2 decades of follow-up but increased CVD mortality, researchers found.

A computerized clinical decision support system intervention reduced patients’ mean systolic BP and increased prescriptions of multiple medications, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

Among adults with depression, risk for cardiovascular events was greater in women compared with men, regardless of age or obesity status, researchers reported in JACC: Asia.

The risk for heart attack, stroke or all-cause death rose fourfold among patients with carotid atheromas containing microplastics or nanoplastics, compared with patients without plastics in their arteries, according to a recent study.