Cardiology News

Women with greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet had a significantly reduced risk for CVD and total mortality, according to the results of a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Heart.

Among Medicaid-insured youths from Delaware, higher childhood neighborhood area deprivation index score was associated with hypertension diagnosis, researchers reported.

Experts at the Cardiovascular Translational Research Center at the University of South Carolina are leading research in hypertension to further advancements in CVD prevention.

Women with a history of infertility have an increased risk for CHD, but not stroke, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

A high caffeine level in plasma was associated with reduced body fat and a lower risk for type 2 diabetes, according to a two-sample Mendelian randomization study published in BMJ Medicine.

NEW ORLEANS — Most patients at high or very high CV risk do not achieve guideline-recommended LDL goals, according to data from the Family Heart Database presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Cardiac arrest occurred in about one in every 9,000 delivery hospitalizations from 2017 to 2019 in the United States, and about seven in 10 women survived the event, according to the results published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Improved domains of sleep quality may improve patients’ ability to adhere to components of a behavioral weight-loss intervention, including exercise and diet goals, a speaker reported.

Women with high blood pressure during pregnancy, particularly preeclampsia or eclampsia, experienced a greater decline in cognitive function later in life, according to findings published in Neurology.

A low-carbohydrate, high-fat “keto-style diet” may increase cardiovascular risk in patients with certain traditional risk factors, according to a presenter at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.