Research reports improved outcomes with mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists across different types of heart failure

September 6, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) reduced the risk of cardiovascular death or heart failure (HF) hospitalization in patients with HF and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and also

1 in 7 kids in US may have blood pressure that’s higher than normal

September 6, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: CC0 Public Domain About 14% of children and teens in the U.S. either have high blood pressure or are headed toward it, according to preliminary new research that suggests

Heart drug improves exercise tolerance in clinical trial of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

September 5, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Aficamten and Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test Performance. Credit: JAMA Cardiology (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2024.2781 Exercise intolerance is often severe among patients with cardiovascular disease and can impose significant limitations on their physical

Effects and consequences of cardiac metabolism in the elderly

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Alterations in cardiac metabolic homeostasis occurred with aging. The capability of metabolic adatpive response to pathological stress conditions declines in the aged heart. The pharmacologica and non-pharmacological approaches could rescue

Genetic screening can boost congenital heart disease detection

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

BGI Genomics CHD Prenatal Diagnose Study: Genetic testing help detect congenital heart diseases. Credit: BGI Genomics A recent study published in Frontiers in Genetics demonstrates that combining copy number variants

Neither adjunctive intravenous argatroban nor eptifibatide significantly improves ischemic stroke outcomes: Study

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Opeolu Adeoye, MD, and Peter Panagos, MD, (right) both professors of emergency medicine at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, analyze a brain scan for stroke damage. Adeoye

Breaking the link between obesity and atrial fibrillation with a new cellular target

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI175447 A cellular link between obesity and atrial fibrillation—a heart condition that afflicts over 33 million people worldwide—presents a promising target

Interactive map highlights peripheral artery disease amputation risks, experts call for action

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The PAD Collaborative has released an interactive online heat map to highlight the risk of non-traumatic lower limb amputations, a severe complication of peripheral artery disease

Three common variants increase the risk of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: Study

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A study by scientists at deCODE genetics and collaborators in Denmark and the U.S., on the genetics of accessory conduction pathways in the heart (Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome),

Lower potassium threshold after coronary artery bypass grafting safe for A-fib prevention

September 4, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Potassium supplementation at a threshold of published online Aug. 31 in the Journal of the American Medical Association to coincide with the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2024, held from