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In patients with hypertension, combined treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors plus statins reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) at a greater magnitude as compared with ACE inhibitor monotherapy, a study has found.

The prevalence of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is similar between resistant and refractory hypertensive patients, a study has shown. However, those with refractory hypertension are usually younger and have a better sleep pattern.

Catheter-directed thrombolysis (CDT) is superior to systemic anticoagulation (SA) for the treatment of submassive pulmonary embolism (sPE), leading to better mortality rates without additional safety signals, a recent meta-analysis has found.

Treatment with empagliflozin results in a reduction in heart failure (HF) risk and renal outcomes and in better health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with chronic HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a study has shown. In addition, the study drug is well tolerated by older patients.

One out of five severe COVID-19 survivors who underwent mechanical ventilation have coronary artery disease (CAD), a quarter have subclinical left ventricular dysfunction defined as reduced echocardiographic global longitudinal strain (GLS), and 42 percent have cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) abnormalities, reports a study.

The seventh survey using data from the Tromsø Study (Tromsø7) revealed an association between coffee consumption and increased serum total cholesterol (S-TC) levels among adults and the elderly, with brewing method influencing this association.