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Body roundness index trajectories tied to CVD risk

27 Mar 2022

Trajectories of body roundness index (BRI) appear to predict the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), particularly among younger adults, suggests a study.

27 Mar 2022

TNFi use does not induce hypertension in ankylosing spondylitis

25 Mar 2022

Use of tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) does not appear to contribute to incident hypertension in individuals with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), reports a study.

25 Mar 2022

Novel compression device helps prevent haematomas after CIED placement

25 Mar 2022 by

The use of a novel compression device helps reduce the incidence of pocket haematomas and skin erosions in patients undergoing cardiovascular electronic implantable device (CIED) implantation, according to a recent study.

25 Mar 2022

Light drinking may protect against death after myocardial infarction

24 Mar 2022 by

Following an episode of myocardial infarction (MI), patients with light or moderate alcohol consumption appear to have a lower risk of mortality than nondrinkers, according to a study.

24 Mar 2022

Pelacarsen lowers lipoprotein(a), corrected LDL cholesterol

23 Mar 2022

The investigational antisense medicine pelacarsen substantially reduces direct lipoprotein(a) cholesterol (Lp[a]-C) and delivers neutral-to-mild lowering of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) corrected for its Lp(a)-C content (LDL-Ccorr), reports a study.

23 Mar 2022

Wall motion abnormalities up risk of heart failure

23 Mar 2022

Global wall motion score index (WMSI), as well as abnormalities in any of the left ventricular (LV) regional walls, is associated with the risk of incident heart failure (HF), reports a new study.

23 Mar 2022

Is subcutaneous better than transvenous ICD in older patients?

22 Mar 2022

Older patients undergoing subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) implantation have a comparable risk of death, device reoperation, device removal for infection, device reoperation without infection, and cardiovascular and all-cause readmission with those receiving transvenous ICD (TV-ICD), a study has shown.

22 Mar 2022

Stroke in young donors tied to higher recipient mortality, allograft failure

22 Mar 2022

Stroke, a common cause of donor brain death, exhibits a substantially different effect on recipient and allograft survival depending on the age of the donor, suggests a recent study. Among younger donors, stroke contributes to increased recipient mortality and allograft failure than other causes of brain death.