Cardiovascular Disease

The FDA has cleared Fitbit’s photoplethysmography-based algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation in wearers of its devices, the company announced.

Cumulative social disadvantages, indicated by higher score on a novel social determinants of health tool, were associated with increased odds for obesity, according to study results published in Obesity.

In a new study published in Chest, cardiovascular events occurred in 30% of patients with bronchiectasis after an acute exacerbation.

Women with breast cancer exhibited higher risk for heart failure, cardiomyopathy and other cardiovascular disease events than women without breast cancer, according to prospective study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

About one in five adults with type 1 diabetes reports having symptomatic diabetic autonomic neuropathy, according to study findings published in the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.

Higher fiber intake, specifically cereal fiber, was associated with lower levels of inflammation and a reduced risk for CVD in older adults, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

WASHINGTON — Regular consumption of coffee, especially two to three cups per day, may be protective against incident CVD, arrhythmias and mortality, irrespective of CVD status.

Men who consumed the equivalent of 1 cup of cranberries per day experienced a significant improvement in cardiovascular function after 1 month, according to results of a randomized controlled trial published in Food & Function.

The mere presence of rheumatoid factor or anti-citrullinated protein antibodies, without rheumatoid arthritis clinical disease, does not increase cardiovascular risk, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Pediatric patients on hemodialysis may benefit from L-carnitine supplementation due to the potential benefits it may have on inflammation and cardiovascular events, according to data published in the Journal Renal Nutrition.