Cardiology

Providing postpartum scheduling support increased the odds of a primary care visit within 4 months of childbirth among women with chronic disease and improved monitoring.

Click through this topline on primordial and primary CVD prevention based on the American Society of Preventive Cardiology's clinical practice statement.

Participants with AF who used wearable devices reported higher anxiety levels and increased health care usage than nonusers, according to a new study.

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Adherence to Mediterranean diet-based interventions was associated with reductions in BP, triglycerides, total cholesterol, and LDL-C, as well as increases in HDL-C among children and adolescents.

Hypertension interventions led by pharmacists and community health workers were more successful in lowering BP than those led by nurses and physicians.

Get details on the relationship between obesity and mental health conditions, chronic pain, and hypertension, here.

Adiposity before age 60 to 64 years, beginning as early as age 20 years, was associated with adverse cardiac structure and function not explained by current BMI.

An analysis of 28 000 adults with vascular disease and high-risk diabetes found daily sodium intake of ≥8 g significantly increased risk for AF by 32%.

Findings from the large meta-analysis provide strong support for use of both classes to reduce CV and renal disease in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Continuous statin use among adults aged 75 years and older resulted in a mean relative risk reduction in CVD of 28% without heightened safety concerns, a new study found.

The 11-year-old girl has had a fever up to 102.1°F for 3 days and midsternal nonpleuritic chest pain for 1 day. What tests would you order? Your Dx?

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The risk for developing CVD and T2D was highest among individuals who frequently experienced the behavior in the workplace, according to new study.

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This quick quiz tests what you know about updates to the 2024 ADA standards of care, which include guidance on antiobesity drugs and managing comorbid chronic disease.

Nearly one-third of US adults aged 60 years and older continue to take daily aspirin despite published evidence recommending against use in the absence of CVD.

ADA 2024. Semaglutide benefits were observed for adults with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease whether or not they used SGLT-2 inhibitors, according to an analysis of FLOW trial data.

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ADA 2024. Adults with OSA and obesity receiving tirzepatide had improvements in sleep apnea severity and systolic blood pressure compared to placebo.

ADA 2024. MOMENTUM trial findings presented at the ADA yesterday showed 78.1% of weight loss attributable to loss of fat vs lean mass in adults with overweight or obesity.

Fiver years after ACS, a new study shows women are less likely to be on lipid lowering therapy and to meet LCL-C target levels than men.

Described as a giant and a pioneer in the hypertension and metabolic fields, Bakris is also remembered so fondly by colleagues as a very special man.

The doubling of the diagnosis of chronic hypertension in pregnancy was accompanied by no increase in treatment rates, according to a new study.

Between 2000 and 2022, there were nearly 800 000 excess CV deaths among Black Americans and 24 million additional years of life lost, researchers report.

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