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Association of plasma aldosterone concentration with peripheral artery disease in hypertensive patients: insights from a large cross-sectional analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Sensitivity and subgroup analyses confirmed the robustness of these findings.ConclusionThis study establishes a non-linear relationship between PAC and the prevalence of PAD in hypertensive patients, with a critical threshold at 17.00ng/dl. PAD was diagnosed based on an ankle-brachial index (ABI) of 0.90.

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Long‐Term Outcomes of Peripheral Artery Disease in Veterans: Analysis of the Peripheral Artery Disease Long‐Term Survival Study (PEARLS)

Journal of the American Heart Association

Prevalence of hypertension (86.6%), heart failure (22.7%), diabetes (54.8%), chronic kidney disease (23.6%), and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (35.4%) was high. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. A majority of patients were current (27.1%) or former (30.0%) smokers. At 1 year, 9.4%

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Top 10: Must-reads from the Month of May

DAIC

New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies 4. Patent Covering the Use of Levosimendan in Pulmonary Hypertension with Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (PH-HFpEF) 10. Tenax Therapeutics Announces New U.S.

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ESC Streamlines Cardiovascular Guidelines

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- LONDON -- A set of new European guidelines streamlined recommendations for atrial fibrillation (Afib), chronic coronary disease, peripheral artery disease (PAD) and aortic disease, and hypertension, with an emphasis on shared.

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American Heart Month Puts Spotlight on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Statistics

DAIC

The article also includes links to DAIC channels (on peripheral artery disease, stroke, heart failure, peripheral artery disease, cardiovascular clinical studies, and more) focused on specific areas of news coverage. million, or 47% of adults are estimated to have hypertension.** per 1,000* - 122.4

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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%.

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Multimorbidity Patterns and In‐Hospital Outcomes in Chinese Young Women (Aged <55 Years) Presenting with ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American Heart Association

Six multimorbidity patterns were identified, including 4 specific patterns: (1) pattern 1, cerebrovascular cluster (histories of cerebrovascular disease and hypertension); (2) pattern 2, traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors cluster (histories of hyperlipidemia, obesity, anddiabetes, and family history of cardiovascular disease and smoking); (..)