In addition, racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy persist across generations
U.S. Safety-Net Providers Report Moral Distress in Early Pandemic
Moral distress emerged from being unable to provide optimal care, seeing pandemic’s effects on patients, coworkers
SGLT2 Inhibitors Benefit Broad Range of Heart Failure Patients
Risk for cardiovascular death, hospitalization for heart failure reduced regardless of left ventricular ejection fraction
Risk for Vaping Up for Physically Active High School Students
Those who are physically active two to three or four to five days/week have 11 and 23 percent higher risk for EVP use, respectively
ABO Variants Linked to Risk for Early-Onset Ischemic Stroke
Variants tagging blood groups O1, A1 more strongly linked to early- versus late-onset stroke; genetic risk for VTE also linked to EOS
Fractional Flow Reserve Noninferior to IVUS for Guiding PCI
FFR guidance noninferior with respect to composite outcome of death, myocardial infarction, any revascularization within 24 months
Maternal RBC Folate Inversely Linked to Heart Defects in Offspring
Increase in maternal RBC folate linked to reduction in risk for congenital heart disease in offspring
U.S. Life Expectancy Decreased 0.9 Years From 2020 to 2021
Declines in life expectancy seen for males and females, and for all race and Hispanic-origin groups
Physical Function in Older Adults Linked to CV Event Risk
Low or intermediate score on Short Physical Performance Battery linked to increased risks for composite, individual CVD outcomes
AHA Addresses Infective Endocarditis in Injection Drug Users
New scientific statement on managing infective endocarditis in people who inject drugs emphasizes importance of addiction-trained clinicians