CAD & Atherosclerosis
News
Gallstone disease boosts heart disease risk
Individuals with a history of gallstone disease are 23% more likely to develop coronary heart disease later in life.
News
Cardiologists underrecognize angina about half the time
Key clinical point: Cardiologists miss angina nearly half of the time. Major finding: Patient and physician estimates don’t match up; 411 patients...
News
PCSK9 inhibitors flunk cost-effectiveness test
Key clinical point: PSCK9 inhibitors are not cost-effective for patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or atherosclerotic...
News
Rises in LDL and HDL cholesterol, triglycerides tied to lower diabetes risk
Key clinical point: Elevated LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels increase the risk of coronary artery disease but are linked with a lower risk...
Conference Coverage
Psoriatic arthritis patients have elevated risk for coronary artery plaque
Key clinical point:Imaging reveals a higher rate and greater extent of coronary plaque in people with psoriatic arthritis versus healthy controls...
News
Metabolic health declining among the obese, despite improvements in BP and lipids
Key clinical point: Blood glucose and diabetes are on the rise among America’s obese. Major finding: Twenty-two percent of obese Americans now...
Commentary
What difference would an empagliflozin CVD indication make?
News
Absorb bioresorbable vascular scaffold wins FDA approval
Conference Coverage
FDA panel narrowly endorses empagliflozin’s cardiovascular mortality benefit
In a 12-11 vote, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel narrowly came down in favor of the agency adding a new labeling entry to the...
Conference Coverage
Menopause and cardiovascular risk examined in type 1 diabetes
Premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes have a higher cardiovascular risk, compared with their counterparts who do not have diabetes.
News
CABG tops PCI for nondiabetic patients with multivessel CAD
Key clinical point: Coronary artery bypass graft is superior to percutaneous coronary intervention for nondiabetic patients with multivessel...