CARDIA: Smoke-free policies linked to lower blood pressure

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Invasive strategy increased bleeding risk in frail older AMI patients

Registry analysis suggests frailty in an AMI patient calls for personalized decision making.

HCV antibodies linked to poorer cardiac outcomes in ACHD patients

Adults with congenital heart disease and HCV antibody positivity had significantly worse cardiac outcomes.

Children with poor cardiorespiratory fitness have a higher risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease in adulthood can be calculated by measuring cardiorespiratory fitness in childhood.

Quality of life with PAD follows function, not clinical markers

Patients with symptomatic PAD rate their health-related quality of life based on functional capabilities, not markers of disease severity or comorbidities.

Psoriasis duration reflects cardiovascular event risk

For every year of psoriasis, a patient’s risk of a major cardiovascular event climbs an additional 1%.

Tune in to cardiovascular risk in psoriasis

Treatment of psoriasis also improves markers of vascular inflammation.

CABG reduces cardiovascular mortality in ischemic heart failure regardless of age

ROME – Coronary artery bypass surgery reduces cardiovascular mortality in heart failure patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy to a consistent extent regardless of age at the time of surgery, according to a secondary analysis from the...

Optimal medical therapy doesn’t affect DAPT efficacy

ROME – Continued dual-antiplatelet therapy beyond 12 months after coronary stenting is neither helped nor hindered by concomitant background optimal medical therapy, according to a secondary analysis of the landmark DAPT trial. Numerous studies have...

NSTEMI mortality decline attributed to invasive therapies

Invasive coronary therapies deserve credit for the decade-long decline in mortality among patients hospitalized with NSTEMI in the United Kingdom, Marlous Hall, PhD, said at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology. All-cause...