UAB researchers leverage All of Us Research Program nationwide data from a diverse group of individuals to show that the genetic risk of hypertension varied between males and females. UAB researchers, Naman Shetty, M.D., (right) and Panjak Arora, M.D., (left)Hypertension or high blood pressure is known to be more prevalent in men than in women. […]
The interventional cardiology community responds to TRISCEND II Yousif Ahmad, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist with Yale School of Medicine, called TRISCEND II a “landmark study” during a TCT press conference. “The landscape for tricuspid valve interventions is changing,” he said. “If you look at just at 12 months or two years ago, we had […]
Military veterans with Gulf War illness may face a higher risk for heart disease, stroke and several risk factors, a new study suggests. Gulf War illness is a chronic condition with many symptoms that affects about a third of the 700,000 U.S. military personnel who served during the Gulf War in the early 1990s. The […]
Climbing more than five flights of stairs a day can lowers the risk of cardiovascular disease, a study shows. Corey Jenkins/Getty Images Taking the stairs may seem like a schlep, but we know by now that the little bit of cardio you get from it can make a big difference. Not only to your step […]
Study objectives The Sleep Justice study is designed to understand how sleep health is associated with CVD risk factor control among individuals released from carceral facilities and the role of PTSD as a potential mediating factor. To achieve this, we built upon the infrastructure of an ongoing R01, JUSTice Involved Individuals Study of Cardiovascular Disease […]
Baseline characteristics The ACCORD study enrolled 10,251 participants, of which 5,128 were randomized to achieve a target glycated hemoglobin level < 6·0% (intensive treatment group). We excluded 199 participants whose HVS could not be calculated. Hence, our post-hoc analysis included 10,052 participants. The mean age of the participants was 62·7 years (SD 6·62), and 6,196 (61·6%) of […]
Study design and population The present study employed data obtained from the CRUISE-R (Coronary Revascularization in Patients On Dialysis in China-Retrospective) cohort study (ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05841082). The CRUISE-R study sought to undertake a comprehensive, observational, and multi-center registry investigation in China, targeting dialysis patients who were afflicted with coronary artery disease. The study’s principal objectives were […]
Baseline characteristics stratified by the occurrence of the primary endpoint A total of 4530 patients with coronary bifurcation lesions were included in final analysis (Fig. 1). the distribution of the TyG index was depicted in additional file 1: Fig. S1. Baseline characteristics of patients with and without CV events are shown in Table 1. Patients experiencing CV […]
Pittsburgh, PA: Middle-aged adults who consume cannabis do not possess an elevated risk of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries) as compared to never users, according to data published in the journal Circulation, Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. A team of investigators affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center assessed the relationship between marijuana use and […]
