AMS Cardiology

AUGUST 15, 2023

High blood pressure – Hypertension is a significant risk factor for heart disease. Routine blood pressure checks are essential to maintaining a healthy heart as high blood pressure often has no symptoms. Smoking – Smoking is the most preventable cause of heart disease.

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MIBHS

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Dilation: The chambers of the heart expand, making the walls thinner. Both forms of enlargement may compromise the heart’s ability to pump blood efficiently, leading to further complications like heart failure. What Causes an Enlarged Heart? Monitor blood pressure and cholesterol levels regularly.

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MIBHS

MARCH 31, 2025

Preventing Heart Attacks and Cardiac Arrest Maintaining a healthy lifestyle can reduce the risk of both heart attack and cardiac arrest. Visiting the emergency room at the first sign of a heart attack can help begin treatment quickly and prevent complications like heart failure.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Introduction Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a highly heritable and multifactorial disease. Numerous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) facilitated the construction of polygenic risk scores (PRS) for predicting future incidence of CAD, however, exclusively in European populations.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 17, 2024

When stress is included in the risk factor profile for a future heart attack, it comes in third on the list after abnormal cholesterol and smoking 1. 24% increased risk of coronary artery disease. That event might have been a heart rhythm issue or even a cardiac arrest. The link is real.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Another promising advancement is MK-0616 , an oral PCSK9 inhibitor in Phase 3 trials, showing a significant reduction in LDL cholesterol, which provides a more convenient alternative to current injection-based therapies​. These findings strengthen the case for broader utilization of finerenone in heart failure management​.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Other supplements improved markers such as total cholesterol or triglycerides. While they did improve HDL-C and triglycerides, suggesting an improvement in insulin resistance, the studies that interest me are those with reductions in heart disease mortality, heart attacks and coronary artery disease.

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