Cardiovascular Disease

Women with irregular menses are 20% more likely to develop cardiovascular disease and 17% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes over 20 years compared with women with regular menstrual cycles, according to an Australian database analysis.

Individuals with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop CVD and higher BP than those with normal levels of vitamin D, according to findings published in the European Heart Journal.

The risk for cardiovascular events is higher for adults with type 2 diabetes who have chronic kidney disease or other risk factors, even without the presence of cardiovascular disease, according to data published in Diabetic Medicine.

In this video from ACR Convergence 2021, Kathryn Dao, MD, highlighted cardiovascular risk factors to be aware of when prescribing JAK inhibitors for patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

In the real-world setting, tofacitinib was not found to significantly increase risk of cardiovascular outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with TNF inhibitors, according to an abstract presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Vitamin D and thyroid hormones are important modulators in the treatment of cardiometabolic disease and should be incorporated into clinical decision making, according to a speaker.

High-risk patients with clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or multiple CV risk factors benefit from more intensive lipid-lowering therapy, and clinicians should initiate combination treatment sooner, according to a speaker.

Emerging data suggest immunotherapies and novel peptides that target gut inflammation could serve as complementary agents to available diabetes drugs to more effectively target cardiometabolic diseases, according to a speaker.

Adults aged 18 to 64 years may have a higher risk for an ED visit on extremely hot days compared with those older than 75 years, according to findings published in The BMJ.

In this video, Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, FAAP, highlights key points from his review article about the impact of pollution on cardiovascular health. The article was published in the New England Journal of Medicine.