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Endothelin System in Hypertension and Chronic Kidney Disease

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. ETs were shown to play important roles among others, in systemic hypertension, particularly when resistant or difficult to control, and in pulmonary hypertension, atherosclerosis, cardiac hypertrophy, subarachnoid hemorrhage, chronic kidney disease, diabetic cardiovascular disease, scleroderma, some cancers, etc.

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Cardiovascular sequelae of trastuzumab and anthracycline in long-term survivors of breast cancer

Heart BMJ

This study sought to evaluate the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, overt cardiovascular disease and cardiac imaging abnormalities using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), in participants with normal LVEF on completion of trastuzumab±anthracycline therapy at least 5 years previously. years (range 5.9–10.8

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

Heart 2023 Conference

Avocado consumption of at least two servings per week is linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. Harvard University Heart Letter) A clinical polygenic risk score test for diseases ranging from atrial fibrillation (AFib) to breast cancer was piloted by scientists.

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Living Past 100: Insights from Centenarians on a Long, Healthy Life

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They get the diseases of ageing about 20 to 25 years later than everyone else. It’s not that they don’t get cardiovascular disease, cancer or dementia; they just get it way later than everyone else. Most adults, healthy centenarians included, will die from one of three things: Cardiovascular Disease.

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Gender differences in all-cause and cardiovascular mortality among US adults: from NHANES 2005–2018

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Men showed higher rates of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared to women in both the general population and the population with cardiovascular disease. Among individuals with cardiovascular disease, the fully adjusted HR for all-cause mortality was 1.34 (95% CI: 1.20 1.68] and 1.60 (95%CI:1.43–1.80)

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Can the Recent Stanford Vegan vs. Omnivore Twin Study Inform Us about the “Optimal” Diet for Cardiometabolic Health?

Physiologically Speaking

These diets, including vegan and vegetarian variations, have shown links to lower risks of ischemic heart disease ; reduced body weight and lowered ApoB levels ; and a decreased risk of all-cause mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

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Can the Recent Stanford Vegan vs. Omnivore Twin Study Inform Us about the “Optimal” Diet for Cardiometabolic Health?

Physiologically Speaking

These diets, including vegan and vegetarian variations, have shown links to lower risks of ischemic heart disease ; reduced body weight and lowered ApoB levels ; and a decreased risk of all-cause mortality, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

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