American Heart Assn. Scientific Sessions

In utero exposure to dyslipidemia magnifies LDL risk in offspring

Posted on: 06/01/2014 - 15:15

DALLAS – Elevated LDL cholesterol in women before childbirth was associated with a fivefold increased risk of elevated LDL 2 decades later in their young adult offspring in a new analysis from the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Opportunities to boost cardiovascular disease awareness

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 21:25

DALLAS – A mere 28% of 1,013 surveyed New York–area women correctly identified cardiovascular disease as the No. 1 killer of women. And two-thirds of those women said their primary care provider is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 20:30

DALLAS – High-potency statin therapy given post acute coronary syndrome did not raise serum creatinine or cause more risk of acute kidney injury than low-potency statin regimens did in a new analysis...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly

Posted on: 27/12/2013 - 19:15

DALLAS – Elderly patients who started treatment with an antipsychotic drug had a substantially increased risk for a major adverse cardiovascular disease event, especially during the first month on...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Statin in childhood reduces CHD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia

Posted on: 10/12/2013 - 20:25

DALLAS – Roughly 10 years after going on statin therapy as children or adolescents, a group of Dutch patients with familial hypercholesterolemia already has a significantly lower cardiovascular event...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Statin reduces MI risk in ischemic heart failure

Posted on: 09/12/2013 - 21:25

DALLAS – Rosuvastatin appears to reduce the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with ischemic heart failure, according to a meta-analysis of two landmark statin trials. This finding is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Body fat and cardiovascular risk: Location, location, location!

Posted on: 09/12/2013 - 15:05

DALLAS – It’s not obesity per se that affects cardiovascular risk, it’s where that excess body fat is stored, according to the results of a novel adipose tissue–imaging study. Excess visceral...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Chelation plus vitamins halved cardiovascular events in diabetics

Posted on: 26/11/2013 - 16:45

DALLAS – An EDTA-based chelation regimen for secondary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with a history of myocardial infarction got a boost from a new TACT trial analysis showing...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Advanced pacing slows AF progression in bradycardia

Posted on: 22/11/2013 - 13:50

DALLAS – Enhanced pacemaker technology sharply reduced progression of nonpermanent atrial fibrillation to permanent AF in patients with bradycardia and sinus node disease in the large international,...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: AHA/ACC work group cochair defends, explains risk calculator

Posted on: 19/11/2013 - 18:12

Dr. Donald Lloyd-Jones, co-chair of the guidelines work group, speaks about the risk calculator and why physicians should still consider incorporating the guidelines into their practice. <iframe...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

In utero exposure to dyslipidemia magnifies LDL risk in offspring

Opportunities to boost cardiovascular disease awareness

New analysis does not link high-potency statins with acute kidney injury

Antipsychotics boosted CVD events in elderly

Statin in childhood reduces CHD risk in familial hypercholesterolemia

Statin reduces MI risk in ischemic heart failure

Body fat and cardiovascular risk: Location, location, location!

Chelation plus vitamins halved cardiovascular events in diabetics

Advanced pacing slows AF progression in bradycardia

VIDEO: AHA/ACC work group cochair defends, explains risk calculator

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