Plaque afflicts more than just teeth. A cholesterol-infused version of the stuff can also coat the inner lining of arteries, sometimes hardening and narrowing those canals to the point that oxygen-ferrying blood slows and ...
Oct 31, 2023
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Should you be taking daily aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke? New Canadian guidelines released over the weekend suggest it's not for everyone.
Oct 30, 2023
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Artificial intelligence (AI) from patient electrocardiograms (ECGs) may be an innovative solution to enhance heart disease risk assessment. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease—arteries narrowed or blocked by the accumulation ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Two widely used statins, rosuvastatin and atorvastatin, are equally effective at preventing heart attacks, strokes and death in people with coronary artery disease. But while rosuvastatin treatment is associated with lower ...
Oct 18, 2023
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Polygenic risk scores, which estimate a person's disease risk based on thousands or millions of common genetic variants, perform poorly in screening and prediction of common diseases such as heart disease, according to a ...
Oct 17, 2023
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New research presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Hamburg (2–6 Oct), reveals a marked increase in several common conditions in the years leading up to, and ...
Oct 4, 2023
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If you're at risk of heart disease, your health care team might use the pooled cohort equation (PCE) tool to determine your long-term risk and whether taking statins—cholesterol-lowering medication—is a good option.
Oct 4, 2023
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Among patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), high-intensity statins are underutilized in routine care, according to a study published online Aug. 2 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
Sep 19, 2023
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People suffering with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can reduce their risk of dying from cardiovascular disease if they use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine at night, according to research presented at ...
Sep 11, 2023
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Myocarditis is a serious but rare heart condition that impacts 10 to 20 out of every 100,000 Americans. For comparison, coronary artery disease, which is the most common heart disease in the U.S., affects 100 out of every ...
Sep 7, 2023
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