Childhood cavities and gum disease raise adult heart disease risk
A national study suggests that cavities and gum disease in childhood may echo decades later in the arteries,…
Rising primary PCI rates do not correlate with lower heart attack mortality in Europe
An increase in the number of percutaneous coronary interventions does not appear to have resulted in reduced mortality…
New insights on spontaneous coronary artery dissection in young patients
New insights into spontaneous coronary artery dissection – a devastating cause of heart attacks in young, healthy patients…
Predictive power of C-reactive protein shifts based on cirrhosis or coronary disease
A new study reveals that the predictive power of key inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein, shifts fundamentally…
Most commercially insured patients live with chronic conditions
The majority (57.5 percent) of commercially insured patients had at least one chronic condition in 2024. The average…
Individualized treatment of a chronic and giant thrombosed left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with non-obstructive coronary artery disease:a case report | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Herein, we presented a middle-aged man with a giant extensively calcified pseudoaneurysm, suffering from recurrent chest pain. Cardiac…
Study compares GLP-1 drug benefits and finds substantial variation in clinical effects
A new umbrella review reveals how GLP-1 therapies shape cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic outcomes in type 2 diabetes…
Study links obesity severity to escalating cardiometabolic and renal disease burden
Obesity severity is incrementally associated with a broad range of cardiometabolic and renal disease burden, as discovered by researchers at…
Stem cells show promise in preventing post-heart attack heart failure
Patients with weak heart function who receive stem cell therapy shortly after a heart attack are at lower…
What Britain’s post-war sugar rationing teaches us about long-term heart health
A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000…
Study finds bright nights raise risk for stroke and heart failure in adults over 40
Researchers have discovered that people exposed to brighter light at night face up to 50% higher risks of…
Semaglutide protects the heart beyond weight loss, SELECT trial shows
New findings from the landmark SELECT trial reveal that semaglutide’s cardiovascular benefits are only partly explained by reductions…