Cardiology
Guidelines
VIDEO: ACC/AHA lipid guidelines and diabetes
Conference Coverage
CKD considered a type 2 diabetes risk equivalent in CAD patients
Key clinical point: Type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease contribute synergistically to cardiac event risk in patients with established...
Conference Coverage
International RA risk tool for CVD comes closer to reality
Key clinical point: An RA-specific calculator for 10-year CVD risk may soon be available.Major finding: The risk factors in models that used...
News
CPAP reduced blood pressure in obese, apneic adults
Major finding: Twenty-four-hour mean arterial blood pressure was significantly lower among patients who received CPAP (87.8 mm Hg) than in those...
Guidelines
Poor cardiovascular health predicted cognitive impairment
Key clinical point: Intermediate or high cardiovascular health can lower the risk of cognitive impairment, compared with low CVH.
News
Adding insulin to metformin may raise CVD risks
Key clinical point: Adding a sulfonylurea to metformin appears safer than adding insulin in terms of cardiovascular outcomes.Major finding: The...
Conference Coverage
Bariatric surgery found to reduce risk of AF in morbidly obese patients
Key clinical point: Weight loss achieved through bariatric surgery may prevent atrial fibrillation in morbidly obese patients.Major finding: After...
News
Cardiometabolic risk increased with obesity and abnormal blood glucose
Key clinical point: Physical activity was shown to significantly reduce the risk of metabolic syndrome in women.Major finding: Among 866...
News
Statins linked to lower physical activity
Key clinical point: Statin use in older men may have the consequence of reducing their physical activity.
News
Radiation exposure in children with heart disease highest for transplants
Key clinical point: Imaging radiation associated with heart transplants raises children’s lifetime cancer risk by 6.5%.Major finding: Children...
Conference Coverage
Known cardiac disease common in sports-related sudden cardiac arrest in men
Key clinical point: Educational and general population awareness approaches may potentially decrease the burden of sports-related SCA in middle-...