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Five Tests To Assess Your Heart Health In The New Year.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Blood Pressure High blood pressure is the risk factor responsible for the greatest number of deaths worldwide 2. For every 20mmHg increase in systolic (Top Number) blood pressure, the risk of dying from a heart attack or stroke doubles 3. Remember, the whole point is to DELAY the onset of the disease as long as possible.

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Association between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio and all-cause mortality in critical patients with coronary artery disease - a study based on the MIMIC-IV database

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Nevertheless, just a handful of researches shed light on the association between NLR and the consequences of critical patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). a comprehensive and large-scale single-center database. ResultsA total of 3,692 patients were included in this study.

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Call for a consensual definition of dyslipidemia in coronary angiography trials

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Dyslipidemia is extensively analyzed in clinical trials investigating its role as a risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, its definition varies vastly among studies, leading to different attributions to the variable dyslipidemia. We identified 39 different definitions.

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Lung cancer screening with computed tomography finds coronary artery disease in 83% of cases

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

As research in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows, these CTs can identify coronary artery calcium, a strong risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), in patients without cardiac symptoms.

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Why Waiting Until Age 50 To Address Risk Factors For Heart Disease Is Too Late.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

You can’t have a heart attack if you don’t have plaque in your coronary arteries. And plaque in your coronary arteries is the result of exposure to risk factors over time. These individuals then must have had one or more risk factors for a long time prior to their heart attack.

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Why Insulin Resistance Is The Biggest Silent Risk Factor For Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the leading causes of death, the leading one being cardiovascular disease. Understanding where you sit on this continuum is a key part of defining your future risk of heart disease but also dementia, and many cancers. The key is to identify risk much earlier.

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Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress and Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

Hemodynamic reactivity, changes in endothelial function, and vasoconstriction during mental stress were evaluated using changes in ratepressure product, brachial artery flowmediated vasodilation, and peripheral arterial tonometry, respectively. A total of 629 participants were included.