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Age of menopause, healthy lifestyle and cardiovascular disease in women: a prospective cohort study

Heart BMJ

Background Menopause is a timely opportunity to screen for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and intervene with healthier lifestyles. Primary outcome was new-onset CVD (self-reported heart disease/stroke) based on survey data at Wave 2 (2012–2015) and/or Wave 3 (2018–2020).

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Lipid metabolism-associated metabolites on cardiovascular diseases: a two-sample Mendelian randomized study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundThere is a growing body of evidence indicating that metabolites are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the underlying causality of these associations remains largely unchallenged. After Bonferroni correction, causal associations were found to be significant with p-values less than 0.05.

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Traditional Chinese medicine for cardiovascular disease: efficacy and safety

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

In China and other Asian nations, traditional medicine has long been utilized in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). The purpose of this study was to examine the clinical outcomes with TCM for CVD after the recent publication of large trials adding >20,000 individuals to the published data.

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Cardiovascular outcomes in long COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Care for survivors after an acute attack of COVID-19 should include paying close attention to cardiovascular health and disease.Systematic Review RegistrationPROSPERO [CRD42022353965].

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Perspective: Pathological transdifferentiation—a novel therapeutic target for cardiovascular diseases and chronic inflammation

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Pathological transdifferentiation, where differentiated cells aberrantly transform into other cell types that exacerbate disease rather than promote healing, represents a novel and significant concept. This perspective discusses its role and potential targeting in cardiovascular diseases and chronic inflammation.

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Colchicine in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease

Heart BMJ

Several large, randomised controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated colchicine’s impact on cardiovascular outcomes. Despite this, colchicine has not been shown to confer any survival benefit in these trials. Much more large-scale, long-term trial data are still needed in this space.

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Comparative effectiveness of exercise interventions on arterial stiffness in individuals at risk for cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

However, it remains unclear which type of exercise is most effective for managing AS, particularly in individuals at high risk for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that exercise can improve arterial stiffness (AS).