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Hypertension in pregnancy: Labetalol extends benefits for pregnancy outcomes

22 Feb 2022 by

Common blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications in pregnancy cut the risk of severe hypertension, but labetalol has the added advantage of reducing the risks of proteinuria or pre-eclampsia and perinatal death, according to the results of a network meta-analysis.

22 Feb 2022

NOACs preferable over warfarin in AF patients with bioprosthetic valves

22 Feb 2022 by

Use of nonvitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOACs) results in a reduced incidence of thromboembolic events and major bleeding relative to warfarin in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) and bioprosthetic valves or valve repair, suggests a study.

22 Feb 2022

Unhealthy Western diet spells dyslipidaemia risk

22 Feb 2022

Greater adherence to a Western diet characterized by increased intake of meats and processed foods ups the risk of developing abnormal levels of blood lipids in young adults, whereas a healthy prudent diet is protective against such a risk, a study reports.

22 Feb 2022

Elevated dietary glycaemic index, load linked to higher CVD mortality risk

21 Feb 2022

Dietary patterns with higher glycaemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) appear to elevate the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, according to a study on Chinese adults.

21 Feb 2022

Sedentary time ups coronary artery calcification risk

21 Feb 2022

Prolonged sedentary time increases the likelihood of a positive coronary artery calcium score (CACS), reports a recent Korea study.

21 Feb 2022

Myocardial fibrosis plus GZF mass predicts sudden death, arrhythmias in CIED recipients

20 Feb 2022

Myocardial fibroses on visual assessment (MFVA) do not include patients at risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and ventricular arrhythmias among those with cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED), reports a recent study. However, a quantified gray zone fibrosis (GZF) mass measured with the 5SD method (GZF-5SD), in addition to MFVA, improves predictive value concerning SCD and arrhythmias.

20 Feb 2022

Stress test parameters weakly predictive of left main coronary artery disease

20 Feb 2022

Clinical and stress testing parameters do not make good predictors of left main coronary artery disease (LMD) on computed tomography angiography (CTA) in patients with moderate or severe ischaemia, a study has shown. Anatomical imaging is necessary to rule out LMD in this population.

20 Feb 2022

Lipoprotein(a) molar concentrations help inform cardiovascular risk

19 Feb 2022

The risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) can be predicted by a single accurate measurement of lipoprotein(a) molar concentration if therapies substantially altering lipoprotein(a) are not present, suggests a recent study.