Significantly lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events, all-cause mortality seen in metabolic surgery group
Chronic Loneliness Linked to Increased Risk of Stroke
Individuals with consistently high loneliness patterns over time had significantly higher incident stroke risk
Rare Predicted Loss-of-Function Variants, Polygenic Risk Score Linked to Risk of A-Fib
Odds ratio of 7.08 for atrial fibrillation for rare pLOF variants combined with high polygenic risk score
Overall Burden of CVD Remained High in United Kingdom in 2000 to 2019
Incidence of all 10 prespecified CVDs decreased, but diagnoses of cardiac arrhythmias, valve disease, and thromboembolic diseases increased
hs-cTnT Linked to MACE, Mortality in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Increased risk of MACE and all-cause mortality seen after adjustment for ASCVD risk, log hsCRP and for baseline ASCVD risk, DAS28-CRP
Echocardiogram Can ID Women With Preeclampsia at Risk for Future HTN
Authors say findings can inform follow-up care for individuals with preeclampsia
ADA: Semaglutide Similarly Effective in Men, Women With Obesity-Linked Heart Failure
Semaglutide reduces body weight to a greater extent in females; yields similar improvements in heart failure-related symptoms in both sexes
FDA Expands Approval for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
Approval allows for use in nonambulatory individuals ≥4 years with a confirmed gene mutation
Vigorous Physical Activity May Preserve Cognitive Function in High-Risk HTN
High versus low VPA linked to lower risk of MCI, probable dementia, MCI/probable dementia in multivariate model
NT-proBNP, IL-1RL Can Identify High-Risk Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates
Combining NT-proBNP and IL-1 RL1 tests performed well, enabling additional identification of asymptomatic babies