Cardiovascular Health

Despite contrary studies, new evidence indicates premenopausal women fair better after a heart attack than men.

Despite an ongoing long-term debate, no link was found between cancer and the use of ACE inhibitors, beta blockers, and other common antihypertensive drugs.

The study evaluated whether conditions such as depression in adolescence are associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease in adulthood.

An analysis of phase 3 study data found that 99% of patients who received inclisiran showed a significant placebo-adjusted reduction in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C).

Athletes and endurance athletes are at an increased risk of atrial fibrillation.

The UK Stroke Association noted that rather than focusing on fish oil, individuals should eat fresh foods low in salt and sugar, such as fruits and vegetables, and rich in fiber, such as brown varieties of bread and pasta.

Evolocumab in combination with statins and other lipid-lowering therapies was found to significantly reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in pediatric patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.

This is the first study to systematically investigate whether individual blood pressure medications might influence the risk of developing depression, according to the authors.

Women prescribed beta blockers for hypertension who have no history of cardiovascular disease have a 4.6% greater risk of heart failure than men when experiencing acute coronary syndrome.

The study findings underscore the importance of medication adherence, an issue in which pharmacists can play a major role in the patients' lives.

Patients with peripheral artery disease and depressive symptoms experience worse recovery than patients without depressive symptoms.

There is no greater support team available to students than their pharmacy school.

Symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome, such as obesity and diabetes, can lead to a 19% higher risk of heart disease.

The death rate for patients who experienced a normally lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during the peak of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Researchers find a link between bacterial infections and the development of late diabetic complications and coronary heart disease.

Vitamin K levels show observational relationship with risk of death in older population.

Individuals covered via high-deductible health care plans not found to have a greater risk of heart attack or stroke.

The researchers found that the effect of ACE inhibitors does not appreciably affect the levels of ACE2 enough to support any changes in the clinical use of these medications.

The new findings suggest that screening and proper management of prediabetes may help to prevent CVD in otherwise healthy individuals, or primary prevention, as well as those with existing heart problems, or secondary prevention, according to the study.

An increasing amount of evidence points to the possibility of COVID-19 causing cardiovascular-neurological dysfunction.

Angiotensin peptides are short proteins that regulate the cardiovascular system and are altered in patients with heart failure and those with COVID-19, according to the press release.

Poor cardiorespiratory fitness can lead to premature death and high blood pressure.

Exercise found to reduce the risk of high blood pressure even in polluted areas.

The Randomized Trial to Prevent Vascular Events in HIV (REPRIEVE) study has played a key role in helping the health care industry look closer at the disproportionate risk of comorbidities, such as chronic liver and kidney disease, physical function impairment and frailty, premature reproductive aging, and cancer in patients with HIV.

Investigators have found that shear stress caused by aortic valve stenosis activates white blood cells, leading to potentially harmful inflammation, which in turn accelerates heart disease.

Leung added that this is the first study to show the potential beneficial effects of ACE inhibitors and ARBs on colorectal cancer development, based on a large group of patients who were colorectal cancer-free at the beginning of the study.

Significant morbidity and mortality are associated with an aging population due to cardiovascular disease, which is very common in HIV-infected persons.

Elderly, critically ill COVID-19 patients on lopinavir and ritonavir show an increased risk of bradycardia

Critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are 10 times more likely to develop cardiac arrhythmias.

A recent study showed that long-term exposure to fine particulate outdoor air pollution is a key contributor to cardiovascular disease and death throughout the world, regardless of the income bracket of the various countries.