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Cardiovascular Disease and Deaths On the Rise

CardiacWire

is at an all time high, with 942k cardiovascular disease-related deaths in 2022, up by 10k from 2021. While theres no one answer for a specific patient group, the AHAs biggest CVD risk culprits should be pretty familiar – obesity, smoking/tobacco use, and sedentary behavior. Nearly half of all Americans over 20 (48.6%

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Effects of weight loss after sleeve gastrectomy on left ventricular myocardial work in obese patients

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundObesity is a global epidemic and a major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases. This study aims to investigate the impact of weight loss after LSG on the left ventricular myocardial work (LVMW) in obese patients and explore the clinical value of the left ventricular pressure - strain loop (LV - PSL).MethodsThirty

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Population shifts, risk factors may triple U.S. cardiovascular disease costs by 2050

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Driven by an older, more diverse population, along with a significant increase in risk factors including high blood pressure and obesity, total costs related to cardiovascular disease (CVD) conditions are likely to triple by 2050, according to recent projections. At least 6 in 10 U.S.

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Bile acids and incretins as modulators of obesity-associated atherosclerosis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Obesity is one of the major global health concerns of the 21st century, associated with many comorbidities such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and early and aggressive atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide.

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Men at high risk of cardiovascular disease face brain health decline 10 years earlier than women, study finds

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Men with cardiovascular disease risk factors, including obesity, face brain health decline a decade earlier—from their mid 50s to mid 70s—than similarly affected women who are most susceptible from their mid 60s to mid 70s, suggest the findings of a long term study, published online in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry.

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Population shifts, risk factors may triple U.S. cardiovascular disease costs by 2050

American Heart News - Heart News

ET Tuesday, June 4, 2024 DALLAS, June 4, 2024 — Driven by an older, more diverse population, along with a significant increase in risk factors including high blood pressure and obesity, total costs related to.

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Gender Gaps in Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Persist

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Fri, 06/28/2024 - 08:10 June 27, 2024 — Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women, and gaps in care and access persist between women and men. In 1924, the physicians who founded the American Heart Association believed that better understanding of heart disease would lead to better outcomes.