HCPLive

MARCH 24, 2024

Presence of nephritis in SLE patients is linked to higher cardiovascular risk factors and 3-fold increase in incidence of cardiovascular mortality.

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Circulation

JANUARY 27, 2025

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 22, 2025

This is why addressing risk factors such as high cholesterol early in life is so important. That is what The Cholesterol Code is all about. The Cholesterol Code is a video-based course that anyone can use to understand and address their high cholesterol without using medications.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In middle-aged people, having risk factors like blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol that are not well-controlled combined with not following certain healthy habits including exercise, diet and sleep, are linked to a higher risk of stroke, dementia or depression later in life, according to a new study.

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AMS Cardiology

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Adopt a Heart-Healthy Diet: Focus on a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean protein while limiting saturated and trans fats, cholesterol, and sodium. Quit Smoking: Smoking is a significant risk factor for heart disease. Your cardiologist can assess your risk factors and implement preventive measures.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

BackgroundThe Mendelian randomization approach uses genetic variants as instrumental variables to study the causal association between the risk factors and health outcomes of interest. Although alcohol drinking is beneficial to a few cardiovascular risk factors, it is detrimental to many others.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JULY 3, 2024

Many patients receive a standardized lipid panel as part of a yearly physical that includes testing of their "good" cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) and "bad" cholesterol (low-density lipoprotein). However, most people are unfamiliar with another type of cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a).

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Coronary artery calcification (CAC) is a common risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Although triglyceride glucose (TYG) index and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) are both associated with CAC, n.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

APRIL 16, 2025

Outcomes were body mass index, highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol, lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol, fasting triglycerides, and the presence of hypertension (n=449), diabetes (n=66), metabolic syndrome (n=254), or coronary heart disease (n=25). The primary measure compared MBH with amygdala (MBH/amygdala).

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DAIC

AUGUST 15, 2024

13, 2024 – The traditional lipid panel may not give the full picture of cholesterol-related heart disease risk for many Americans, according to a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers and published in JAMA Cardiology. Others may have a high LDL-C but a low or normal apoB, and they aren’t at risk.” population.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 31, 2024

BackgroundAn association between variability of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular events has been reported. Cardiovascular risk factors were measured at 1‐year intervals for 4 years in 4249 adults with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes who were randomly assigned to ILI or diabetes support and education.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 4, 2025

Assessing the risk of heart based on risk factors such as high LDL cholesterol, insulin resistance, high blood pressure, CT calcium scores, V02 Max etc. Putting in place a comprehensive risk reduction strategy to minimise future risk. Access to The Heart Health Formula closes at midnight.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Small dense lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol (sdLDLC) is considered as the most atherogenic lipoprotein. Intensive control of sdLDLC along with other risk factors should be considered to mitigate PP and improve cardiovascular outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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American Heart News - Heart News

MARCH 26, 2025

Statement Highlights: By age 18, many adolescents have already developed heart disease risk factors, such as high blood pressure, obesity, high cholesterol or Type 2 diabetes, and a growing number of younger adults are experiencing adverse.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

Additionally, the study found that the risk factor profiles of patients presenting with STEMI is largely unchanged over time and the use of preventive medications has remained low. said Michael Miedema, MD, MPH , director of the Nolan Family Center for Cardiovascular Health at MHIF and senior author of the research.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a critical public health concern, with risk factors such as high blood pressure, abnormal blood sugar levels, elevated cholesterol, and obesity beginning in childhood.

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Heart BMJ

JANUARY 29, 2025

Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventive medications are recommended for patients at high short-term CVD risk. As most younger people with multiple raised CVD risk factors levels have low short-term risk, they could be falsely reassured to take no action. as the ‘ideal’ risk profile.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 4, 2025

When I asked the readers of this newsletter about their experience of trying to get a comprehensive cardiovascular risk assessment, the general feeling I got back was one of frustration. The majority of readers here are middle-aged and concerned about their future risk of heart disease. Do you use advanced cholesterol testing?

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Med Page Today

MARCH 7, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- DENVER -- Efforts aimed at lowering blood pressure (BP) and cholesterol in people with HIV can succeed, two randomized trials presented here demonstrated. In the first, prehypertensive Haitians on stable antiretroviral therapy.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

These divergent trends are at least partially attributable not only to diverging trends in stroke risk factors but may also be due to differences in the impact of stroke risk factors at different ages. Interventions that target these traits may reduce stroke risk. versus 1.03;P=0.008).

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 23, 2024

Updated with the latest research since the 2020 edition, this comprehensive report underscores the potential to prevent or significantly delay dementia by targeting modifiable risk factors. The report now identifies 14 modifiable risk factors for dementia. Presented by Pamela B. Morris, MD.

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DAIC

APRIL 7, 2024

It is well known that high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, known as the “bad” cholesterol, heighten cardiovascular risk. A total of 154 patients (median age 62 years, 42% women) with high triglyceride levels and other risk factors for cardiovascular disease participated in the study at 24 sites in the U.S.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Serum remnant lipoprotein particle cholesterol (RLP-C), which includes very-low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and its lipolytic products, contributes to atherosclerotic plaque formation. Novel methods for estimating RLP-C and VLDL-cholesterol (VLDL-C) from a serum fasting lipid profile (FLP) have been proposed (Figure).1,2,3We

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

0.98]) and cholesterol testing (RR 0.93 [0.91-0.96]) However, routine outpatient visits and cardiovascular risk factor screening did not return back to pre-pandemic levels, while risk factor treatment remained stable. However, routine visits (RR 0.96 [0.94-0.98]) 1.08]) remained stable.

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Science Daily - Stroke

JULY 7, 2023

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s -- with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -- to develop coronary artery disease has now been identified,

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CardiacWire

JUNE 19, 2024

Marea Therapeutics emerged this week , announcing $190M in Series A/B funding and a mission to develop “a new generation of medicines for cardiometabolic diseases” – starting with their drug candidate targeting remnant cholesterol. Marea got its start from a tweet by UCSF cardiologist Ethan J.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 6, 2024

had low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL, which is higher than the recommended threshold for lifestyle or medical interventions in young adults of 20 to 39 years old. Baseline dyslipidemia prevalence was 55.2%, 73.6%, and 78.0% for participants 15 to 19, 20 to 29, and 30 to 39 years old, respectively. Approximately 2.8%

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

OCTOBER 20, 2023

This study examined the relationship between marijuana use, ASCVD risk factors, and cardiometabolic risk profiles.METHODS:US adults (18–59 years) without cardiovascular disease were identified from the National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey (2005–2018) based on self-reported marijuana use. were current users.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

BackgroundAsian people in the United States have different sociodemographic and health‐related characteristics that might affect cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk by ethnicity and birthplace. Providers should consider this heterogeneity in CVD risk factors and establish tailored CVD prevention plans for Asian subgroups.

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Open Heart

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Individuals with LVH were older, more likely to have hypertension, diabetes, known cardiovascular disease (CVD) and elevated levels of cholesterol and creatinine. Results The age-standardised prevalence of LVH was 9% (n=875) according to any of the three ECG criteria. In a multivariable model, Creole (OR (95% CI)) (1.56 (1.33

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Background Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is an independent, causal risk factor for cardiovascular disease. However, it is still unclear whether controlling low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) to optimal levels can attenuate cardiovascular risk mediated by elevated Lp(a), especially in the setting of secondary prevention.

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Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 5, 2024

One of the biggest risk factors for CVD development is the buildup of plaque in the coronary arteries (the arteries surrounding the heart that provide it with its own blood supply). Cardiac rehab works wonders. HbA1c also didn’t change.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 21, 2024

Introduction Totum-070 is a combination of five plant extracts enriched in polyphenols to target hypercholesterolemia, one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Totum-070 on cholesterol levels in an animal model of diet-induced hypercholesterolemia.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 24, 2024

Dyslipidaemia is a complex disorder characterised by abnormal lipid levels in the blood, including cholesterol and triglycerides, and plays an important role in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Most risk factors for cardiovascular disease are modifiable, and dyslipidaemia is a key factor among them.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 24, 2024

Positive correlations were identified with age, systolic blood pressure, a history of hypertension, male gender, and total cholesterol. This tool shows potential for pinpointing high-risk individuals in community health programs, streamlining screening and intervention by clinical physicians.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The systemic inflammation-response index/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol count (SIRI/HDL) exhibited the strongest correlation with both severity scores (Gensini score: r  = 0.257, P  < 0.001; SYNTAX score I: r  = 0.171, P  < 0.001).

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The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 1, 2024

Raised lipoprotein(a) (Lp[a]) cholesterol is highly prevalent affecting 1 in 5 individuals and is also frequently associated with the inherited condition familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH).

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