Category Archives: Cardiovascular

Sleep deprivation affects cardiovascular health even when caught up on weekends

Whether it’s work or play that prevents us from getting enough shut-eye during the week, assuming we can make up for it by sleeping in over the weekend is a mistake. New research led by Penn State reveals that cardiovascular health measures, including heart rate and blood pressure, worsen over the course of the week […]

Cardiovascular clinic celebrates approaching opening

ESCANABA, Mich. (WLUC) – Later in August, Escanaba residents won’t have to go far for heart-related health care. The Cardiovascular Care Clinic, located at St. Francis Hospital, celebrated its approaching opening with a blessing on Wednesday. St. Francis Hospital President Kelly Jefferson said the 6,500-square-foot clinic will focus on outpatient care. “We will offer services […]

Elevated urine albumin creatinine ratio increases cardiovascular mortality in coronary artery disease patients with or without type 2 diabetes mellitus: a multicenter retrospective study

Global regional. National age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980–2017: a systematic analysis for the global burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet. 2018;392(10159):1736–88. Article  Google Scholar  Wang J, Li Y, Guo YK, Huang S, Shi R, Yan WF, Qian WL, He GX, Yang ZG. The adverse impact of coronary […]

Trends in baseline triglyceride-glucose index and association with predicted 10-year cardiovascular disease risk among type 2 diabetes patients in Thailand

Abstract Triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Our study determined the trends of the TyG index and its relationship to predicted CVD risk among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). A serial cross-sectional study was conducted including 63,815 participants with T2D aged 30–74 years without a history of CVD. The […]

Sleep apnea hypoxic burden predicts cardiovascular disease, mortality

August 10, 2023 3 min read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: NHLBI, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, the National Institute on Aging and the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases partially supported this study. Azarbarzin reports receiving grant support from Somnifix and serving as a consultant for Apnimed, Respicardia and Somnifix. Apnimed is […]

Anti-obesity drug also protects against heart disease

The drug Wegovy helps people to lose weight, which might explain why it also reduces risk of death from cardiovascular disease.Credit: Richard Levine/Alamy Trial results showing that a potent anti-obesity drug offers strong protection against serious heart problems have electrified researchers. They say that the findings could change how this and other members of a […]

Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Reduced in Overweight/Obese Patients with Wegovy, per SELECT Trial

August 9, 2023 — Novo Nordisk announced the headline results from the SELECT cardiovascular outcomes trial. The double-blinded trial compared subcutaneous once-weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg with placebo as an adjunct to standard of care for prevention of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) over a period of up to five years. The trial enrolled 17,604 adults aged […]

Surgery, interventional therapies still the best choice for many HCM patients

There is also now a belief that earlier interventions may improve HCM patient prognosis over the long term. Experts believe this is better that waiting for patients to be become very sick and begin to go into heart failure before intervening. For this reason, he said many of the top HCM Centers of Excellence have […]

Weight-loss drug Wegovy reduces serious heart disease

Diseases involving the heart and blood vessels are the leading cause of death globally and in the US. So anything that helps reduce deaths due to cardiovascular disease is a cause for celebration, whether its effect is modest or major. But rarely does an intervention come along with as big a potential impact on mortality […]