CARD || Medical Cardiology

‘Obesity paradox’ refuted

Posted on: 15/01/2014 - 22:00

Mortality is not lower among adults with diabetes who were overweight or obese at diagnosis than among those who were of normal weight, as has been suggested by proponents of the "obesity...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

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

Mild coronary artery disease is gender blind

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 19:55

CHICAGO – Men and women may not really be all that different when it comes to mild coronary artery disease. A prospective, multinational registry analysis found that 1.2% of women and 1.1% of men...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Evidence and expertise in writing medical guidelines

Posted on: 26/12/2013 - 18:20

With timing that defies coincidence, the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) and International Society of Hypertension (ISH) posted on Dec. 17 new <link...

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

Smoking cessation agents don’t raise serious CVD risks

Posted on: 09/12/2013 - 21:00

The three smoking cessation agents bupropion, varenicline, and nicotine replacement therapy did not raise the risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events in a network meta-analysis of 63 randomized...

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

Abrupt increase noted in LVAD thrombosis

Posted on: 02/12/2013 - 18:00

An abrupt and unexpected increase in pump thrombosis has occurred since March 2011 in patients with advanced heart failure who received the HeartMate II left ventricular assist device, according to a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

AHA funds personalized medicine initiative

Posted on: 27/11/2013 - 19:42

The American Heart Association has set aside a 5-year, $30-million research fund to dig deeper into two large national studies in hopes of finding more clues to personalized treatment and prevention...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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