Each doubling of perfluoroheptanesulfonic acid linked to 9 and 17 percent higher risk for elevated BP at ages 6 to 12, 13 to 18 years, respectively, in male children
Survival Up for CABG With Surgical Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation
Medicare beneficiaries undergoing concomitant surgical ablation have risk-adjusted median survival advantage
Real-World Weight Loss With Semaglutide, Tirzepatide Less Than That Seen in Clinical Trials
In real-world cohort, percentage weight reduction at one year was 3.6, 6.8, and 11.9 percent with early and late discontinuation and nondiscontinuation, respectively
Adherence to Healthy Diet Improves Cardiometabolic Risk, Even Without Weight Loss
Authors say findings reframe clinical success of lifestyle interventions
FDA Approves Polypill Widaplik for Hypertension
Approval marks first triple-combination pill of telmisartan, amlodipine, and indapamide
Standard-Criteria Kidney Transplant Offers Clear Survival Benefit Over Continued Dialysis
Decrease in survival benefits with age in expanded criteria donor kidney transplant recipients, especially those with CVD
Increasing Proportion of U.S. Adults Unaware They Have Hypertension
No change seen in proportion of adults unaware they had diabetes or high cholesterol levels
Preoperative Blood Pressure Strategies Yield Similar Postoperative Cognitive Results
Neurocognitive outcomes do not differ with hypotension-, hypertension-avoidance strategies for patients undergoing noncardiac surgery
P2Y12 Inhibitor Monotherapy Beneficial for Patients Who Undergo PCI
Risk for major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events lower compared with aspirin monotherapy for patients who undergo PCI and discontinue DAPT
Work Context Linked to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors
Self-employment linked to favorable CVD risk profile among minority and nonminority women