Category Archives: Cardiovascular

In some patients, infection with the pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 can trigger a dangerous immune response in hardened fatty deposits (plaques) lining the heart’s largest blood vessels, a new study shows. The findings are based on the body’s immune system, which evolved to destroy invading microbes but also drives disease when triggered in the wrong context. […]

In order to understand the limitations faced by African investigators in modern cardiology research, a group of researchers, led by Internal Medicine Resident Abdelrahman Abushouk, MD, analyzed 30 years of African-led clinical trials in cardiovascular medicine. Previous research had demonstrated that although Africa contains almost one-fifth of the world population, only 2% of clinical trials […]

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 27, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), smoking is associated with an increased risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the European Heart Journal. Using a nationwide database from the Korean National Health Insurance System, You-Jeong Ki, M.D., from the Uijeongbu […]

In honor of World Heart Day, an annual event held by the World Heart Federation (WHF), three cardiologists are participating in a free webinar on Friday, Sept. 29, focused on the benefits of using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) and FFR-CT to manage chest pain patients. Cardiovascular Business produced the webinar with cooperation from HeartFlow. […]

Al-Mallah was seeing patients in his clinic who said they were feeling normal before COVID, but after infection, they were having palpitations and shortness of breath.  “At first, we thought this was myocarditis like with any other virus, so we did a lot of MRIs on these patients and we found they were mildly abnormal, […]

People with schizophrenia have a genetic propensity to smoking and a reduced genetic risk of obesity, according to a study “Characterizing the Shared Genetic Underpinnings of Schizophrenia and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors” that appears in the American Journal of Psychiatry. The findings revealed genetic overlap between schizophrenia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, particularly body mass […]

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Long-term CPAP use in patients with obstructive sleep apnea linked to lower cardiovascular death risk and improved outcomes in real-world study. In a large longitudinal, observational study from Spain, patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who continued to use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) had a lower risk for cardiovascular (CV) death. Moreover, a couple […]

Share on PinterestWhat do we know about the relationship between vitamin D levels and cardiovascular risk? Image credit: Sam Burton/Stocksy. Vitamin D is essential for good health, and the precise impact it has on different aspects of health and the mechanisms underpinning this are the focus of much research. Previous studies have linked this nutrient […]