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Biomarker found to help identify cells that can repair damaged blood vessels

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Researchers have discovered a protein marker to help identify cells able to repopulate in patients with damaged blood vessels.

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Landmark Clinical Study in The Lancet Finds New AI Technology Can Predict Cardiac Events Due to Coronary Inflammation at Least 10 Years in Advance

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fold higher risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) Caristo's AI-Risk model, CaRi-Heart Risk Score, outperformed other scores in routine clinical use for prediction of cardiac mortality, and when presented to clinicians, resulted in changes of management decision in 45% of the patients. fold higher risk for cardiac mortality and 5.5-fold

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The MI Overdiagnosis Problem

CardiacWire

Because of the clinical and medicolegal consequences of incorrectly discharging an MI patient, medical practices and clinical research have largely focused on addressing MI underdiagnosis. We need more research to confirm this theory, and we’d need some big changes if it proves to be true.

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Abstract TP268: Xylitol, Xylose, and MicroRNAs Associated with Thrombosis and the Clotting Cascade in a Multi-Omics Cross-Sectional Study of Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes and Stroke

Stroke Journal

Introduction:Xylitol, a sugar alcohol with a global market estimated at 161,500 metric tons, has been linked to increased thrombosis and risk of stroke and heart attack. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ATP268-ATP268, February 1, 2025.

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New Drug Fails to Improve Diabetes-Related Heart Failure

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The research was presented at the American College of Cardiology ’s Annual Scientific Session. Decline in exercise ability is a hallmark of progression to overt heart failure. The researchers also conducted a preplanned subgroup analysis comparing outcomes for patients who were or were not on SGLT2 inhibitors or GLP-1 RAs at baseline.

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Do Statins Cause Dementia?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

A therapy that has been proven repeatedly to reduce the probability of heart attacks and strokes in multiple double-blind randomised controlled studies 1. We now have more than an additional decade of research on what the impact of statin therapy and aggressive cholesterol-lowering might have on cognitive function. J Lipid Res.

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New 'Atherosclerosis Atlas' Sheds Light on Heart Attacks, Strokes

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MILLER, PHD, LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW "ATHEROSCLEROSIS ATLAS" THAT DETAILS, AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS, CRITICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING THE HARMFUL PLAQUE BUILDUP THAT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. When they break loose, they can be deadly, triggering strokes and heart attacks.