Heart Health

This news channel includes content on cardiovascular disease prevention, cardiac risk stratification, diagnosis, screening programs, and management of major risk factors that include diabetes, hypertension, diet, life style, cholesterol, obesity, ethnicity and socio-economic disparities.
 

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Diabetes care targets haven’t improved in the US since 2005

Advances in diabetes care over the past decade haven’t translated into better patient outcomes, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found, with just one in four U.S. adults with the disease meeting treatment goals between 2005 and 2016.

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Insulin’s high price tag forcing some to switch to older, cheaper versions of the drug

Making the switch from analog insulin to older types of the drug can save patients money, INSIDER reports—but it can also be dangerous.

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Intensive BP control tied to better brain health

Intensive blood pressure control resulted in fewer white matter brain lesions than standard BP control in a recent study of nearly 450 hypertensive patients, suggesting stricter hypertension management could have significant benefits for brain health.

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins culturing heart cells in space in 2019. Image courtesy of NASA

What CV research looks like in space

Researchers on the International Space Station are leveraging the microgravity conditions within the ISS U.S. National Laboratory to study heart cells in ways we can’t on the ground.

Plant-based diets once again linked to lower CVD risk

People who ate the most plant-based foods in a recent Journal of the American Heart Association study were 32% less likely than their counterparts to die from heart disease later down the line.

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Endovascular-first approach boosts amputation-free survival in patients with critical limb ischemia

Patients with critical limb ischemia might be better off if they opt for endovascular-first treatment over an open surgical bypass, a Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes study suggests.

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Obese AFib patients exposed to 75% more radiation during ablation procedures

Overall exposure to ionizing radiation for patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation of AFib is “acceptable” in most cases, according to research published in the American Journal of Cardiology—but obese patients are exposed to a higher dose than their normal-weight counterparts.

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Metformin lowers all-cause mortality but not CV death, MI or stroke in T2D patients

In patients with both type 2 diabetes and an elevated cardiovascular risk, metformin lowers the risk of all-cause mortality but does little to protect against CV death, MI or ischemic stroke, a new evaluation of the SAVOR-TIMI 53 trial has found.