Among patients with congenital heart defects, critical COVID-19 outcomes linked to having comorbidities, male sex, age 50 to 64 years
Study Questions Link Between Vegetable Intake, CVD Risk
Higher intake of raw vegetables inversely linked to CVD risk, but much of the association is explained by confounding variables
Cuff Size Affects Accuracy of Blood Pressure Measurements
Overestimation of blood pressure with use of a cuff that was too small misclassified 39 percent of participants as having hypertension
Oral Microbiome Linked to Incident HTN in Postmenopausal Women
Among baseline oral bacterial species, 10 associated with greater risk and five associated with lower risk for incident hypertension
Too Few Women Leading Cardiovascular Clinical Trials
More efforts needed, such as federal and industry sponsors of cardiovascular clinical trials insisting on gender diversity of steering committees
Magnets in Portable Electronic Devices May Interfere With CIEDs
Magnet reversion mode triggered at distance between 8 and 18 mm for devices such as Apple AirPods Pro, Apple Pencil, Microsoft Surface Pen
Muscle Strengthening May Cut Risk for Noncommunicable Disease
Muscle-strengthening activities inversely linked to risks for all-cause mortality, major noncommunicable diseases
FDA Expands Approval of Jardiance for Patients With Heart Failure
Jardiance received approval to reduce the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for patients with heart failure
Sodium-Containing Acetaminophen May Raise Risk for CVD
Increase in CVD, one-year mortality risks seen with initiation of sodium-containing acetaminophen for people with, without hypertension
Enhanced External Counterpulsation Eases ‘Long COVID’
Improvements seen in symptoms of fatigue, breathing difficulties, 6-minute walk test with EECP treatment