Cardiovascular Health

The growing volume of drugs sold through illegal online pharmacies are estimated to generate 10 times higher adverse event rates than drugs sold through legal pharmacies.

Notably, donor hearts from those who underwent circulatory death were able to be preserved and analyzed in situ.

How pharmacy teams can remove cost barriers to cardiac care.

Family members should also be trained in how to administer seizure first aid, apply a tourniquet to control bleeding, operate an automated external defibrillator, and perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

A lack of evidence of sex-specific recommendations results from a underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular disease-related trials.

Pharmacists can address the needs of health care consumers earlier in the care journey by building interpersonal relationships and community trust, as well as by leading institutional and public policy reform.

Stormi Gale, PharmD, BCCP, a cardiology pharmacy specialist at Novant Health, discussed the important role of SGLT2 inhibitors in glycemic control.

Positive data from the phase 3 A DUE study demonstrated that the investigational combination therapy of macitentan 10 mg and tadalafil 40 in a single tablet improved pulmonary hemodynamics compared to the same drugs as monotherapies.

The proposed indications for milvexian include stroke prevention after an acute ischemic stroke or high-risk transient ischemic attack; recent acute coronary syndrome; and atrial fibrillation.

Sexual minority populations disproportionately suffer from mental health conditions as well, which could partially impact cardiovascular health, a recent study indicates.

Devices that measure blood pressure in the upper arm would be the best choice for a more accurate and reliable reading.

Improving awareness and getting involved in local or national initiatives can enable pharmacists to make change.

Precision medicine is rooted in the reality that the way patients respond to treatment is heavily affected by their individual genetic variability, their complex biology, and external factors.

Since the 2018 guideline’s publication, additional non-statin therapies such as bempedoic acid, evinacumab, and inclisiran, have been approved by the FDA for the management of hypercholesterolemia.

Diagnosing risk of frailty in patients hospitalized with heart failure is a safe and effective means of improving patient management.

Mendelian randomization makes it possible to infer if a drug target protein will have an on-target effect on disease-relevant traits.

Given the increasing value of patient satisfaction in determining the quality of care in the hospital reimbursement model, research is flourishing with a focus on identifying the factors that could positively influence patient satisfaction outcomes.

Less than 20% of physicians were open to starting a patient with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation on an anticoagulant after conducting a clinical review of the patient’s care.

The median change from baseline at week 24 in the 6-minute walk distance was 34.4 m in the sotatercept group and 1 m in the placebo group among patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Lowering blood pressure could be dangerous for people with normal blood pressure.

Poor sleep efficiency may contribute to vascular dysfunction with increasing exposure to adverse childhood experiences.

Neurovascular mechanisms cause the decrease in BP levels, results from a study of 23 participants in Brazil show.

The findings could inform revisions to safety guidelines and policies that help protect people with cardiovascular issues during heat waves.

A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association notes that the process falls short for those who are not white.

Limiting added or free sugar is recommended to reduce the adverse effects, especially in cardiometabolic disease.