Cardiology News

Remote BP monitoring and use of a bilingual phone app improved BP control among more than half of participants with initially uncontrolled hypertension, a speaker reported.

Middle-aged women with an evening chronotype were more likely to report unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and faced an increased risk for diabetes, researchers found.

The rate of obesity-related cardiovascular deaths tripled from 1999 to 2020 — a rise that has taken the greatest toll on underrepresented groups, according to a study.

People with hypertension are more likely to have higher systolic BP and slightly worse BP control during winter vs. summer months, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

Resumption of elite-level sports after recovery from COVID-19 is “safe and feasible,” according to a prospective study of Dutch athletes.

A higher weight-adjusted waist index was associated with a greater prevalence and risk for stroke, according to findings published in BMC Public Health.

People with hypertension while supine had elevated risk for CVD even if they did not have hypertension while seated, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

A study conducted by the Global Cardiovascular Risk Consortium found that five modifiable risk factors accounted for more than half of cases of cardiovascular disease in men and women and 20% of deaths in both sexes.

CV deaths related to obesity increased by 200% across all race groups from 1999 to 2020, a statistic researchers said reflects the health consequences of the rising burden of obesity in the United States.

For patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, overeating was connected to a lower quality of life, underscoring the need for a multidisciplinary approach when it comes to treating patients in this population, according to researchers.