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Obesity-Related Biomarkers Are Associated With Exercise Intolerance and HFpEF

Circulation: Heart Failure

Fasting blood samples collected at the time of the cardiopulmonary exercise test were used to assay obesity-related biomarkers. Our findings suggest that among the obesity-related biomarkers studied, higher levels of leptin and CRP are independently associated with increased odds of HFpEF, with odds ratios of 1.36 (95% CI, 1.09–1.70)

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Early Renal Denervation Attenuates Cardiac Dysfunction in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundThe renal sympathetic nervous system modulates systemic blood pressure, cardiac performance, and renal function. In addition, renal injury, oxidative stress, inflammation, and profibrotic biomarkers were evaluated to determine pathways associated with RDN. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Top 10 Cardiac Diagnosis Trends in 2024

GEMMS

Traditional tools like stethoscopes, blood pressure gauges, and electrocardiograms (ECG) are fundamental for standard diagnostic practices. Much of heart disease is linked to conditions like diabetes, obesity, or chronic kidney disease, and specific mutations in nucleic acids help identify them.

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Physiology Friday #211: Morning vs. Evening Exercise for Blood Pressure and Autonomic Nervous System Health

Physiologically Speaking

In a new study, evening exercise, but not morning exercise, reduced blood pressure, lowered sympathetic activity, and improved baroreflex sensitivity in a group of adults with treated hypertension. In one randomized controlled trial of adults with overweight and obesity, morning and afternoon exercise caused comparable weight loss.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

1,12,13 While it is important to treat all known risk factors that contribute to ASCVD including high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and obesity, physicians also need to recognize and treat systemic inflammation in CV disease. Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Colchicine after Myocardial Infarction. N Engl J Med.

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Why Walking Might Save Your Life.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

More steps are linked to: Less obesity. Less high blood pressure. 2 [link] 3 Physical activity patterns and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease risk in hunter-gatherers. occupation-related physical activity and their associations with obesity. Higher step counts are a reliable way of hitting this goal.

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Physiology Friday #230: Cutting Sugar vs. Cutting Carbs for Cardiometabolic Health

Physiologically Speaking

On one side, advocates of low-carbohydrate diets argue that cutting carbs, particularly in the form of sugars, is essential for weight management and metabolic health — pointing the rise of insulin resistance, obesity, and type 2 diabetes as evidence that our carbohydrate-laden diets are wreaking havoc on our bodies. No surprises here.