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Heart disease

Newly detected vascular risk factors common in stroke patients
Newly detected vascular risk factors common in stroke patients
Jun 30, 2022

Newly diagnosed vascular risk factors common in patients with acute ischemic stroke include dyslipidemia, hypertension and atrial fibrillation.

Overall cardiovascular health score less than optimal for U.S. adults
Overall cardiovascular health score less than optimal for U.S. adults
Jun 29, 2022

Significant differences in mean overall CVH scores were based on Life’s Essential 8 by sex, age and racial/ethnic group.

Approach for assessing cardiovascular health enhanced
Approach for assessing cardiovascular health enhanced
Jun 29, 2022

Life’s Essential 8 updates many of the metrics from Life’s Simple 7 and adds new metric for sleep duration.

Data elements, definitions for COVID-19 complications detailed
Data elements, definitions for COVID-19 complications detailed
Jun 27, 2022

The clinical lexicon presents data elements related to cardiovascular and noncardiovascular complications of COVID-19.

COVID-19 vaccine does not increase CV event risk in those with existing disease
COVID-19 vaccine does not increase CV event risk in those with existing disease
Jun 24, 2022

The findings show the safety of the BNT162b2 or CoronaVac vaccines in patients with cardiovascular disease.

USPSTF recommends against beta carotene, vitamin E supplements
USPSTF recommends against beta carotene, vitamin E supplements
Jun 21, 2022

No benefit was seen for cardiovascular disease or cancer prevention, and evidence was insufficient for assessing the pros and cons of multivitamins.

More sitting time tied to mortality, CVD in both rich, poor countries
More sitting time tied to mortality, CVD in both rich, poor countries
Jun 17, 2022

The association was seen across countries at all economic levels but particularly among low- and lower-middle-income countries.

Height may impact risk for disease
Height may impact risk for disease
Jun 03, 2022

Novel associations were seen for venous circulatory disorders and peripheral neuropathy in the presence and absence of diabetes.

Metformin, lifestyle changes cut risk for T2DM, but not CVD
Metformin, lifestyle changes cut risk for T2DM, but not CVD
May 27, 2022

No reduction seen in first occurrence of nonfatal MI, stroke, or CV death with either metformin or lifestyle intervention versus placebo

High AI-ECG-AF risk score tied to worse cognition, cognitive decline
High AI-ECG-AF risk score tied to worse cognition, cognitive decline
May 11, 2022

A high probability of atrial fibrillation by AI-ECG-AF score correlated with cerebral infarcts on MRI.