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People with IBD have elevated risk of heart attack
An analysis of medical-record data from more than 17.5m patients found that people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at elevated risk for a...
Anti-depressant use lowers heart attack 1-year survival rates
Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2018, a European Society of Cardiology...
Weekend heart attacks twice as likely to kill young patients
Young heart attack patients are twice as likely to die if they are admitted to hospital during the weekend compared to a weekday, according...
Aspirin lowers risk of death in type 2 diabetes and heart failure
The first study to assess aspirin as a preventive measure for patients with both diabetes and heart failure, found a daily aspirin is associated...
Short treadmill test accurately predicts mortality risk
A five-minute treadmill test can predict the risk of mortality, independent of other traditional risk factors including age, weight, blood pressure, smoking status, diabetes,...
Childhood height may be a marker for stroke risk later
Being a short kid is associated with increased risk of having a stroke in adulthood, according to Danish research.
A prospective study examined data on...
Potential treatment identified to target HFpEF
Agents such as histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors, which potentiate cardiac myofibril relaxation, hold promise for the treatment of preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), found a...
Guidelines for treating hypertension in adults
Dr George Bakris, at the department of medicine, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Centre, the section of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism and Dr Matthew Sorrentino, the...
Exercise 'prescription' to reverse ageing heart damage
In previously sedentary healthy middle-aged adults, two years of exercise training improved maximal oxygen uptake and decreased cardiac stiffness, found a University of Texas...
Heightened risk of AF in congenital heart disease patients
Patients with congenital heart disease are up to 85 times more likely to suffer from atrial fibrillation as adults. The researchers behind a study...
PMI strongly associated with death soon after surgery
Surgery that doesn't involve the heart may cause perioperative myocardial injury (PMI) in people with known or at high risk of developing heart disease...
Low-salt diet combined with DASH helps lower systolic BP
A study of more than 400 adults with pre-hypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt diet with the heart-healthy...
Cardio-respiratory fitness and CVD mortality risk
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of death for men in the US. Both cardio-respiratory fitness (CRF) and the blood triglyceride/high-density lipoprotein...
Shunt successfully treats diastolic heart failure
Results presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions show that a new device designed to treat diastolic heart failure is safe and effective....
'Broken heart syndrome' can cause long-term heart damage
A University of Aberdeen study has found that the effects of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy – or “broken heart syndrome - can be permanent, contrary to...
Low phosphate in the blood linked to heart attack risk
Low phosphate in the blood is linked to the risk of heart attack and coronary artery disease, a study reports. Researchers from the University...
Financial stress increases heart attack risk substantially
Significant financial stress is associated with a 13-fold-higher odds of having a heart attack, according to research presented at the 18th Annual Congress of...
Efficacy of PCI in patients with stable angina called into question
Data from the first blinded, placebo-controlled trial of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with stable angina call into question its efficacy compared to...
Statins have positive impact on patients with heart disease
A ten-year decline in the blood cholesterol of heart attack patients in Malaysia suggests that statins are having a positive impact, according to an...
Aerobics and yoga combo significantly reduces coronary and diabetes risk
Heart disease patients who practice yoga in addition to aerobic exercise saw twice the reduction in blood pressure, body mass index and cholesterol levels...
Blood-thinning drugs reduce stroke and dementia risk in AF patients
Blood-thinning drugs not only reduce the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) but are also associated with a significant reduction in...
Higher mortality risk for women in the year after a heart attack
Heart attacks pose a greater threat to women than to men. A team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has determined that in...
Modifiable risk factors cause direct changes to structure of the heart
Being overweight or obese creates directly damaging changes to the structure of the heart, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London...
Sweating it out might be the key to a healthy heart
Frequent sauna bathing reduces the risk of elevated blood pressure and is linked to a lower risk of pulmonary diseases, according to an extensive...
Umbilical cord stem cells show promise in Tx of heart failure
A small study suggests that stem cells derived from umbilical cord show promise in treating heart failure – it says the umbilical cord-derived stem...
TAVR a durable remedy for those not eligible for open heart surgery
Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), a minimally invasive procedure used to replace heart valves without open heart surgery appears to provide a durable remedy,...
Beta blockers not needed if taking ACE inhibitors and statins
Beta blockers are not needed after a heart attack if the survivors are taking ACE inhibitors and statins. The study from the University of North...
Implanted cardiac monitors successful with undiagnosed AF
The use of implanted cardiac monitors researchers detected a substantial incidence (nearly 30%) of previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation (AF) after 18 months, in patients...
Ibuprofen links to increased CVD risk in arthritis patients
Ibuprofen is associated with increased blood pressure and hypertension compared to celecoxib in patients with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and increased risk of cardiovascular...
Radio-frequency catheter ablation lowers mortality in AF patients
Researchers at the University of Utah Health and Klinikum Coburg, Germany co-led a clinical trial that showed radio-frequency catheter ablation lowered hospitalisation and mortality...
Slow walking a good predictor of heart-related death
Middle-aged people who report that they are slow walkers could be at higher risk of heart disease compared to the general population, researchers at...
Two-medicine regime after stenting safer than current regime
Using just two anticlotting medicines for patients who have atrial fibrillation and have had a stent placed in a heart artery is safer than...
Statins cut heart disease mortality by 28% — 20-year UK study
Previous research has shown the benefit of statins for reducing high cholesterol and coronary heart disease risk amongst different patient populations. However, until now...
High-salt intake may double the risk of heart failure
High salt intake is associated with a doubled risk of heart failure, according to a 12-year study in more than 4,000 people presented today...
Thrombus formation varies according to the type of drug
Researchers in Japan examined several types of anticoagulants and found that the rates of thrombus formation are different according to the type of drug,...
Link with fat on the hips and stroke and heart attack risk
People of a healthy weight but with more fat in their hips, thighs and legs could be at a lower risk of strokes, diabetes...
The high mortality cost of depression in coronary artery disease
People who are diagnosed with coronary artery disease and then develop depression, face a risk of death that's twice as high as heart patients...
Crystallised cholesterol role in heart attacks
A US emergency room analysis found that 89% of heart attack patients has an excessive amount of cholesterol arteries obstructing the coronary arteries.
The Michigan State University...
Pneumonia or sepsis in adults associated with increased CVD risk
Pneumonia or sepsis in adults that results in hospital admission is associated with a six-fold increased risk of cardiovascular disease in the first year,...
Aspirin not increasing heart failure events in heart failure patients – WARCEF trial
Aspirin does not increase heart failure events in heart failure patients, according to the 10-year Warfarin and Aspirin for Reduced Cardiac Ejection Fraction (WARCEF) trial,...