Cardiology News

Depictions of acute MI in popular film are underrepresentative of women and patients from racial and ethnic minority groups, according to a research letter published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Neighborhoods with higher socioeconomic disadvantage, particularly predominantly Black areas, had higher rates of hypertension and lower rates of BP treatment vs. less disadvantaged neighborhoods, researchers reported.

Individuals with type 2 diabetes who experience trauma may be at a lower risk for microvascular complications after resolving PTSD symptoms, according to a results from a retrospective study of U.S. veterans published in JAMA Network Open.

A novel prognostic model identified risk factors including smoking, obesity, HbA1c and albuminuria as significant predictors of incident heart failure risk among Native American adults, researchers reported.

A greater intake of plant fat, particularly fat from grains and vegetable oils, was tied to lower overall and cardiovascular disease mortality, a study in JAMA Internal Medicine showed.

Years of exposure to loud noise in the workplace may increase the likelihood of developing high blood pressure, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology Asia Conference.

A platelet reactivity score that identifies people with a hyperreactive platelet phenotype can be used to determine those who might be at elevated risk for a cardiovascular event, researchers reported in Nature Communications.

Most patients who qualified for an SGLT2 inhibitor were not prescribed one, according to an analysis of more than 3 million U.S. adults.

Benzodiazepines were associated with increased risk for CHD, HF and CV mortality among patients with insomnia, according to a study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

Treating high blood pressure later in life may mitigate risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease among older individuals, according to a meta-analysis published in Neurology.