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2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

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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Cardiovascular and renal diseases in type 2 diabetes patients: 5-year cumulative incidence of the first occurred manifestation and hospitalization cost: a cohort within the French SNDS nationwide claims database

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common cardiovascular renal diseases (CVRD) manifestations for type 2 diabetes.

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Top 10: Must-reads from the Month of May

DAIC

American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) Issue New Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) Management Guidelines 2. New Study Published in JACC: Heart Failure Reveals that Despite Significant Efforts to Improve Acute Heart Failure Treatment Over the Past 20 Years, Management Remains Unchanged 3.

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Eagle’s Eye View: Guideline for the Management of Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD), Decongestion Strategies for Heart Failure, Lipoproteins and Triglycerides in Cardiovascular Prevention

American College of Cardiology

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at the recently released guideline for lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD). He then examines a national community-based cohort study on contemporary decongestion strategies in patients hospitalized for heart failure.

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Eagle’s Eye View: Blood Pressure and PAD, Leadless Pacemakers, Palliative Care and Heart Failure

American College of Cardiology

In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle covers various blood pressure parameters and their predictability for peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and complications, then explores the five-year outcomes of leadless pacemakers.

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2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

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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Education and cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Specifically, this genetic factor was found to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 46.5%, coronary heart disease by 37.5%, ischemic stroke by 35.4%, cardiac-related mortality by 28.6%, heart failure by 28.2%, transient ischemic attack by 24%, atrial fibrillation by 15.2%, peripheral artery disease by 0.3%, and hypertension by 0.3%.