Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: Christie, where are we going with lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]? Have we reached the end of the road, or is there something on the horizon? Christie M. Ballantyne, MD, FACC: We’re just moving, and I agree with my colleagues. I screen everybody in my personal practice. I also do cascade […]
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: We’re going to switch gears [and] go to an LDL [low-density lipoprotein]–like biomarker; it’s a substance that’s a causal agent for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, [and] that’s lipoprotein a [Lp(a)]. Now FH is not just familial hypercholesterolemia. The [Family Heart] Foundation also embraces putting more attention on lipoprotein a…. […]
Public health experts and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report a steady decline in cardiovascular health, including an increase in deaths from heart disease — specifically among middle-aged adults with low incomes. New research led by investigators at Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center helps explain the recent reversal in cardiovascular […]
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA, FNLA: Dr [Payal] Kohli[, MD, FACC], the PCSK9 inhibitors were [addressed], and I know you’ve looked at some of the more recent data. They’ve been around a long time, and we now have data that [show] they really do work, and…for a long period…. Do you want to discuss […]
CHICAGO — A fully automated AI algorithm designed to opportunistically screen for enlarged heart, or cardiomegaly, on routine chest and abdominal CT exams was highly predictive of future cardiovascular events, according to research presented November 26 at RSNA 2023. Presenter Steven Rothenberg, MD, of the University of Alabama in Birmingham, said calculating the cardiothoracic ratio […]
Credit: Unsplash Pregnancy-associated overdose deaths among women aged 10 – 44 years old consistently increased from 2018 to 2021, according to new research.1 From 2018 through the COVID-19 pandemic, the overall overdose-related deaths significantly increased. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2020, 91,799 people died from drug overdose. The number […]
Reviewing their data, the group found that women generally had much healthier eating habits than men. Women were linked to higher Mediterranean Diet scores, lower Western Diet scores and consuming fewer calories. They also had lower blood pressure, BMIs and waist-to-hip ratios. Overall, women who followed a Mediterranean diet more closely were associated with lower […]
Short-term increases in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) during both the summer and winter months in a region of Utah were linked with an increased risk of heart attack and unstable chest pain; however, these risks differed by season, according to preliminary findings presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023. DocWire News spoke […]
Faculty members of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are well represented in a newly published worldwide list of the top 2% of scientists based on Scopus citation metrics. Scopus is a large, commercially produced, multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature from scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Eighty-one present or former […]
Loading the player… Many women with diabetes and high blood pressure during pregnancy did not receive appropriate postpartum care to reduce their future risk of cardiovascular disease, a study at one health system has found. “Many patients I see were not aware that (one of these pregnancy complications) was a risk factor for developing cardiovascular […]