2023, Heart Disease and Plaque - Cardiovascular Update

Very high LDL no impact on plaque progression

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

DECEMBER 10, 2023

10th December 2023 A very important study – please watch Very high low density lipoprotein levels with no impact on plaque progression I interrupt my series on what is wrong with the health service to bring you breaking news. He states that five years is more than sufficient to detect any difference in plaque progression.

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Subscribe now So why is it that so many people are having heart attacks at less than 65 years of age? The reason: They were accumulating plaque in their coronary arteries much earlier than their peers. You can’t have a heart attack if you don’t have plaque in your coronary arteries. The answer: Risk Factors.

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Results of CERTAIN Study Demonstrate Prominent Effects of Cleerly Products on Changing Clinical Management for Patients Suspected of Coronary Artery Disease

DAIC

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cleerly, a digital healthcare company focused on heart disease, has announced continued strong scientific evidence supporting the clinical utility of its products, detailing a study published online on Jan. 25, 2024 in the European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. With Plaque Features Associated with False Positives.

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Cleerly ISCHEMIA Software Device Billable With AMA Category I CPT Code for Noninvasive Estimates of Fractional Flow Reserve

DAIC

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 02/23/2024 - 11:54 February 23, 2024 — Cleerly , the company creating a new standard of care to aid in the diagnosis of heart disease, announced that its recently U.S. Sponsored by Cleerly and Presented at the American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Meeting New Orleans LA 2023. 2023 Dec 12:jead339.

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Elixir Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX Bioadaptor

DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

The breakthrough designation, according to the Milpitas, CA-based technology company, is for an indication to improve coronary luminal diameter, restore hemodynamic modulation, and reduce plaque progression in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease due to discrete de novo native coronary artery lesions. of the U.S.

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HeartFlow Achieves Landmark Milestone of 250,000 Patients Assessed for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) with FFRCT Analysis

DAIC

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since its inception, HeartFlow has been committed to building a new standard of care for people at risk of heart disease. For over a decade, HeartFlow’s deep partnerships with more than 1,000 hospitals globally, including 80% of the top 50 heart hospitals in the U.S., REVEALPLAQUE Study, SCCT 2023. Data on file.

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Naturally Occurring Atherosclerosis Progression and In-Stent Restenosis: Exploring Histomorphological Associations Using Optical Coherence Tomography

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

This study enrolled 225 patients diagnosed with coronary heart disease and multivessel disease (MVD). A significantly higher proportion of patients in the ISR with non-target lesion progression (N-TLP) group exhibited lipid plaque formation compared to the ISR without N-TLP group (69.0% versus 39.8%, P < 0.001).

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

24 will focus on the following three current guideline updates: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines 2023 Atrial Fibrillation Guideline - Pharmacology II: Strokes vs. Bleeds, What Do the Guidelines Tell Us About Practical Management in A-fib? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24

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In Your 40s to 60s And Worried About Heart Disease? Here Is What You Can Do.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 30, 2024

They knew they had not been doing all the things they should do, and they were worried that heart disease had them in its sights. Risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, and inactivity are important because the longer you are exposed to them, the higher the odds you will develop coronary artery disease sooner in life.

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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

Preventing or delaying the onset of coronary artery disease is a great strategy for living longer. The challenge is that the things you do to prevent heart disease are unlikely to pay dividends for a very long time—many years if not decades. This is a program that starts the day of your heart attack. 2023 Nov 11.

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At What Age Should You Think About Assessing Your Risk For Heart Disease?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The same principle applies to assessing and managing your risk of heart disease. I am frequently asked ‘ When ’ should people start thinking about assessing their risk of heart disease and also focusing on reducing it. Unless, of course, you do not have any interest in reducing your risk of heart disease.

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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

Over 80% of early heart disease is preventable. However, most adults will start to develop advanced plaque in their coronary arteries early in life. By age 66, more than half of all females will have evidence of advanced plaque in their coronary arteries, as seen on a CT calcium score. 2023 Jan;19(1):44-55.

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Agepha Pharma and Caristo Diagnostics Team Up to Fight Coronary Inflammation

DAIC

JANUARY 25, 2024

The companies will jointly support a series of educational forums among clinicians beginning later this year highlighting the significant new scientific breakthroughs that are radically transforming the traditional approach to heart disease prevention and prediction. In June 2023, the U.S.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 1,2 ASCVD causes or contributes to conditions that include coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease (inclusive of aortic aneurysm).3

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Stress Tests Are Useful But Not For The Reasons You Might Think

Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Share Let’s first state our goal when we are in the business of ‘Heart Disease Prevention’: To delay the onset of coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis/plaque) that might rupture and cause a heart attack. And the less plaque you have, the lower the risk of a heart attack.

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

APRIL 20, 2022

Stroke) A Danish study indicated that combining nitrates and PDE5 inhibitors isn't always a terrible idea for men with ischemic heart disease and erectile dysfunction. JACC: Asia) Lexaria Bioscience has announced that a CBD product beats a placebo in simulating acute pulmonary hypertension.

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International Stroke Conference Researcher Finds AI-based System Helped Guide Treatment, Lowered Stroke Recurrence

DAIC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

million deaths attributable to stroke worldwide and about half of those were ischemic stroke, according to the most recent data in the 2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of U.S. and Global Data From the American Heart Association. In 2021, there were 7.44 In the U.S.,

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If you have High LDL Cholesterol In Midlife This Is How You Should Think About It.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

JULY 12, 2024

If you have high LDL cholesterol and are unsure what that means for your risk of heart disease, this article is for you. This 10-year phase shift in LDL cholesterol level rise is thought to explain why females tend to develop heart disease about ten years later than males. Heart attacks kill people.

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Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

There were no plaques or stenoses. See here: Narrow Complex Tachycardia at a Rate of 220 Below is a Practical Approach to Flecainide Dosing: Exclude contraindications such as structural heart disease; symptomatic bradycardia; 2nd-degree or high-degree AV block; QRS >120 msec.; Underlying Heart Disease?

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Very high LDL no impact on plaque progression

Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Results of CERTAIN Study Demonstrate Prominent Effects of Cleerly Products on Changing Clinical Management for Patients Suspected of Coronary Artery Disease

Webinars

Cleerly ISCHEMIA Software Device Billable With AMA Category I CPT Code for Noninvasive Estimates of Fractional Flow Reserve

Elixir Medical Granted FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for DynamX Bioadaptor

HeartFlow Achieves Landmark Milestone of 250,000 Patients Assessed for Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) with FFRCT Analysis

Naturally Occurring Atherosclerosis Progression and In-Stent Restenosis: Exploring Histomorphological Associations Using Optical Coherence Tomography

American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

In Your 40s to 60s And Worried About Heart Disease? Here Is What You Can Do.

7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

At What Age Should You Think About Assessing Your Risk For Heart Disease?

Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Agepha Pharma and Caristo Diagnostics Team Up to Fight Coronary Inflammation

Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

Stress Tests Are Useful But Not For The Reasons You Might Think

Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

International Stroke Conference Researcher Finds AI-based System Helped Guide Treatment, Lowered Stroke Recurrence

If you have High LDL Cholesterol In Midlife This Is How You Should Think About It.

Electrical instability in a healthy 50 year old. How to manage?

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