Cardiovascular

Research Highlights:

• In a study of U.S. military veterans, researchers noted that participating in home-based cardiac rehabilitation was associated with a 36% lower risk of death compared to veterans who chose not to participate in cardiac rehabilitation.
• Less than half of the study participants […]
  

Research Highlights:

• Black women of childbearing age were more than twice as likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure than white women of similar age, putting them at an increased risk of pregnancy-related complications.
• This disparity in high blood pressure persisted after adjusting for social […]
  

WASHINGTON, February 16, 2023 — The American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions have jointly issued a clinical document outlining competency-based training requirements for interventional cardiology trainees. This is the first document of its […]

The American Heart Association says recognizing special needs beyond medical […]

Research Highlights:

• Variations in sleep duration of more than two hours a night within the same week were tied to developing hardened arteries, known as atherosclerosis, in a racially and ethnically diverse study of more than 2,000 adults in six large U.S. communities.
• The […]
  

The American Heart Association’s IMPLEMENT-HF™ initiative aims to improve patient […]

Statement Highlights:

• The time before pregnancy is considered a critical life period for impacting the cardiovascular health of pregnant individuals and the children born to them.
• The biological processes leading to pregnancy complications often begin before pregnancy; therefore, interventions that begin after someone becomes […]
  

ARLINGTON, VA, CHICAGO and DALLAS, February 6, 2023 — Leading health organizations are urging people to get a flu shot if they haven’t already done so. Compared to last year’s mild flu season,[1] the U.S. has already seen more than three times […]

Research Highlights:

• After hospital discharge, people hospitalized for sepsis or who developed it while hospitalized had a 38% higher risk of rehospitalization for all causes and a 43% higher risk of rehospitalization for cardiovascular causes compared to people without sepsis during hospitalization.
• The risk […]