Cardiovascular Diseases

Statins Still Beneficial in Old and Very Old Adults

A Chinese sequential target trial emulation comparing matched cohorts initiating versus not initiating statin therapy suggested benefits and safety of…

9 months ago

Gut Microbiota May Have Causal Effects on Non-HDL-c

A Chinese cohort study suggested a causal effect of gut microbiota on non-HDL-c and identified 3-indolepropionic acid and N-methyltryptamine as key…

9 months ago

Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Guidelines Updated

The US guideline for the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have been updated. The top 10 take-home messages are: Shared…

10 months ago

GWAS Improved BP Polygenic Risk Scores

A single-stage common-variant genome-wide association study (GWAS) of blood pressure (BP) in European-ancestry adults improved BP polygenic risk scores (PRS)…

10 months ago

Effects of Menopausal Hormone Therapy, Calcium Plus Vitamin D Supplementation, and Dietary Modification

The US Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trial results do not support hormone therapy with oral conjugated equine estrogens plus…

10 months ago

BMI, Waist Circumference, and Mortality in the Oldest-Old

A prospective Chinese Mendelian randomization study revealed that participants with higher body mass index (BMI) but lower waist circumference (WC)…

10 months ago

Brain’s Stress-Related Activity Mediated CVD Benefit of Physical Activity

A US cohort study suggested that physical activity (PA) appears to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in part by acting…

10 months ago

MAD On Par to CPAP for Reducing BP

A randomized, non-inferiority trial in Singapore showed that mandibular advancement device (MAD) was non-inferior to continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)…

11 months ago

HR Variation and Common Clinical Correlations

A Swedish population-based study provided reference ranges of ambulatory heart rate (HR) in a middle-aged population and suggested that the…

11 months ago

A New ECG Criterion for LBBB

A time to notch in lead I longer than 75 milliseconds has been proposed as a new ECG criterion for…

11 months ago

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