Cardiovascular Health

The recommendations apply to individuals who are already taking the maximum dose of statins.

Results from the DELIVER and DAPA-HF phase 3 trials demonstrate AstraZeneca’s Farxiga’s efficacy in heart failure, regardless of ejection fraction.

Individuals who are not vaccinated with pre-existing diabetes, heart artery disease, or high blood pressure had a 2- to 3-fold increased risk of death, investigators say.

Spending 1 hour less sitting a day and increasing light physical activity helps prevent diseases, investigators find.

Individuals with college debt have a higher risk of cardiovascular illness, undermining the typical benefits of a post-secondary education, data indicate.

Mavacamten is a first-in-class selective allosteric modulator of beta cardiac myosin ATPase for the treatment of symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Analysis results show taking iscosapent ethyl reduces the potential for CV death, coronary revascularization, hospitalization for unstable angina, myocardial infarction, and stroke by 35%.

Cytisinicline demonstrated significantly better quit rates than placebo in 6 and 12 week trials.

Data show that 89% of individuals treated for persistent AFiB remained symptom-free for up to 15 months after using the product.

Women in the study had higher rates of urgent procedures and were in poorer health when they received surgery.

Mavacamten is a first-in-class, oral, allosteric modulator of cardiac myosin designed to decrease contractile function and improve VO2 in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity may have a significant impact on the likelihood of developing cognitive decline, dementia, and Alzheimer disease.

Analysis indicates that quitting provides roughly the same benefit as taking 3 medications together.

Asthma contributed most to the risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease.

Pharmacy Quality Alliance's new benchmark evaluates adherence to medications for diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension.

A recent meta-analysis of statins showed that prevalence of statin intolerance is less than 10%, according to the panel.

Drug meets primary endpoint at 50 mg with reduction in low-density lipoprotein levels from the baseline in the ETESIAN phase 2b trial

Recent studies demonstrated that renal failure, proteinuria, and histologic renal lesions can be prevented by mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists.

Lipitor is an inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase indicated as an adjunct therapy to diet to treat high cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

Analysis is based on 2018 hospitalization rates of patients with cardiovascular disease in New Jersey.

Measurements may not be accurate in those with darker tones, according to analysis to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session.

They are also at greater risk of death than men when undergoing cardiac procedures, a new analysis shows.

Analysis to be presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 71st Annual Scientific Session is based on the health records of 495,386 patients.

New study results focus on blood pressure, blood sugar, and cholesterol levels; body mass index; and smoking status when individuals have bipolar or schizoaffective disorder or schizophrenia.

Pharmacy Times spoke to Susan Cornell, BS, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES, about her session she presented at the APhA 2022 Annual Meeting and Exposition, titled "Know the Facts: Annual Diabetes Update."

Explain to patients that research Is continually evolving and the need for booster shots does not mean the vaccinations do not work.

Cozaar is indicated for the treatment of hypertension in adults and children over 6 years of age.

Help patients get regular checkups and show them how to use BP machines and improve adherence.

These individuals, who were also more likely to require treatment in the intensive care unit, should get their vaccines and booster shots, investigators say.