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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

Analysis: No such thing as ‘benign’ obesity

Posted on: 02/12/2013 - 22:00

"Metabolically healthy" overweight and obese patients may carry the same short-term risk as normal-weight patients for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events, but their weight puts...

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

Combined angiotensin inhibition raises hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury risks

Posted on: 11/11/2013 - 22:15

ATLANTA – The combined use of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor and an angiotensin receptor blocker was associated with an increased risk of hyperkalemia and acute kidney injury in patients...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Obesity paradox may exist in hypertensive patients with diabetes

Posted on: 25/10/2013 - 18:20

AMSTERDAM – A study of Japanese patients with hypertension and glucose intolerance showed that as their body mass index increased, their risk of cardiovascular disease decreased, suggesting the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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

Analysis: No such thing as ‘benign’ obesity

Chelation plus vitamins halved cardiovascular events in diabetics

Combined angiotensin inhibition raises hyperkalemia, acute kidney injury risks

Obesity paradox may exist in hypertensive patients with diabetes

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