Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new calculator estimates a person’s risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) over the next 30 years by combining measures of cardiovascular, kidney and metabolic health for…
Tag: Cardiology
Is high urinary albumin linked to sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in people with type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Advances in non-invasive imaging have allowed clinicians to assess both the structure and function of coronary arteries. Investigators who recently used positron emission tomography and computed…
Expanding pharmacists’ role for patients with hypertension could prevent 15 million heart attacks and save $1.1 trillion
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain If pharmacists had a larger role in prescribing medications to control blood pressure, they could prevent more than 15 million heart attacks, nearly 8 million strokes…
Extreme heat projected to increase cardiovascular deaths
3D Model of the heart by Dr. Matthew Bramlet. Credit: NIH Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat are expected to increase between 2036 and 2065 in the United States, according…
Does guideline-based treatment prevent racial disparities in cardiovascular outcomes?
Credit: Christina Morillo from Pexels Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death for women within most racial and ethnic groups in the United States. A new study in the…
Climbing 5 flights of stairs a day may reduce heart disease risk
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Climbing five flights of stairs can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 20% according to a recent study published in Atherosclerosis Journal. The study…
New study sheds light on long term effectiveness and safety of two widely used statins
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin…
What people with heart disease should know about vaccines today
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In some ways, the link between viruses, vaccines and heart health is simple. Think of your heart as a house, said Dr. Jorge Alvarez, an interventional…
Redefining heart disease risk, prevention and management
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Health experts are redefining cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, prevention and management, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in the journal Circulation.…
