Cardiology

Risk of major heart complications up shortly following stroke

(HealthDay)—Ischemic stroke is independently associated with increased risk of incident poststroke major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in both men and women, according to a study published in the February issue of ...

Cardiology

AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart attack and stroke

Automated deep learning analysis of abdominal CT images produces a more precise measurement of body composition and predicts major cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke, better than overall weight or body ...

Cardiology

ACC: Long-term outcomes for MI similar at < 40, 40 to 50

(HealthDay)—Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) at age 40 years or younger have similar long-term all-cause and cardiovascular death rates as patients aged older than 40 years, according to a study presented at the ...

Diabetes

Clopidogrel after MI less effective in diabetes patients

(HealthDay)—Clopidogrel therapy following a heart attack does less to reduce the risk of death in patients with diabetes than in those without diabetes, according to a study published in the Sept. 5 issue of the Journal ...

Cardiology

Hypoxic inflammation blunts repair after heart attack

Inefficient cardiac repair after heart attacks is partially driven by a maladapted response to a low oxygen environment by immune cells, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the Journal of Experimental ...

Cardiology

Duration of antiplatelet drugs for drug-eluting stents studied

(HealthDay)—In patients receiving drug-eluting stents, dual antiplatelet therapy can be safely discontinued during the first year, according to two studies published online Sept. 19 in the Journal of the American College ...

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