Cardiovascular Health

The FDA has approved Verquvo (vericiguat; Merck) tablets for adults with chronic heart failure.

Heart failure can involve multiple factors, but heart muscle scarring is thought to be an important contributing factor in up to two-thirds of patients with HFpEF.

Data from the phase 3 VOYAGER PAD study demonstrated that rivaroxaban at 2.5 mg twice daily in combination with aspirin at 100 mg once daily was able to reduce severe vascular events in patients with PAD.

Vericiguat (Verquvo, Merck) is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, heart failure hospitalizations, or the need for outpatient intravenous diuretics.

Individuals affected by sleep disorders accumulated approximately $7000 more in overall health care expenses per year compared to those without a sleep disorder.

Managing weight, blood pressure and cholesterol in children may help protect brain function later in life.

The researchers analyzed health outcomes in 283 heart attack survivors between 18 and 61 years of age, with an average age of 51 years.

According to the authors, increased arterial stiffness was found in young adults, which may impact heart health.

The researchers said that the findings should renew efforts to assure flu vaccination is a routine part of quality cardiovascular care.

For this Mother’s Day, Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPM, CPHQ, explains the importance of understanding the correlation between mental health and heart health in women aged 65 years and older.

The drug is indicated to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, HF hospitalizations, or the need for outpatient intravenous diuretics.

The study investigated whether people who regularly ate higher quantities of nitrate-rich vegetables, such as leafy greens and beetroot, had lower blood pressure.

Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPM, CPHQ, chief medical officer of Magellan Health, a board-certified internist, and a board-certified psychiatrist, discusses the impact of trauma and stress on overall health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Use of tranexamic acid is not associated with complications such as deep vein blood clots, heart attacks, seizures, or strokes or mini strokes when used in high-risk patients, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.

Caroline Carney, MD, MSc, FAPM, CPHQ, chief medical officer of Magellan Health, a board-certified internist, and a board-certified psychiatrist, discusses the correlation between heart health and mental health.

A heart rhythm disorder, atrial fibrillation occurs at least twice as frequently in patients with diabetes as those without.

Medication should be considered for patients with slightly elevated blood pressure who do not respond to 6 months of healthy lifestyle changes, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA) published in Hypertension.

Women who had migraines before menopause had a 29% increased risk of developing high blood pressure after menopause.

Researchers found that the amount of time between the onset of heart attack symptoms and an artery-clearing percutaneous coronary intervention was an important target for public education efforts.

A greater understanding of obesity and its impact on cardiovascular health highlights abdominal obesity, sometimes referred to as visceral adipose tissue (VAT), as a cardiovascular disease risk marker.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified additional genetic mutations that strongly predispose otherwise healthy women to peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare condition characterized by weakness of the heart muscle that begins sometime during the final month of pregnancy through 5 months after delivery.

Nocturnal respiratory events, when they either completely or partially block the airways, often cause repeated oxygen desaturations and interrupted sleep in patients with OSA, leading to abnormal nervous system function.

Collaboration between a health coach and pharmacist is a relatively new concept, but initial evidence is promising.

For the study, which included 19,408 participants in the UK Biobank, the researchers examined associations of self-reported intake of red and processed meat with heart anatomy and function.

The study suggests that the effects of job strain and social strain on women have a powerful health impact, with both being associated with a 21% higher risk of developing CHD.