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Does early antihypertensive treatment prevent death in stroke patients?

17 Oct 2023 by

Early antihypertensive treatment appears to have no significant benefits in terms of dependency or death at 90 days among patients with mild-to-moderate acute ischaemic stroke and systolic blood pressure (SBP) between 140 and <220 mm Hg, reports a study.

Does early antihypertensive treatment prevent death in stroke patients?

17 Oct 2023

Understanding the effects of LDL-C lowering on several diseases

13 Oct 2023 by

Genetic evidence confirms both the positive and negative associations of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) reduction with certain metabolic and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), according to the results of a Mendelian randomization (MR) study in the UK Biobank.

Understanding the effects of LDL-C lowering on several diseases

13 Oct 2023

Heart transplant donation after circulatory death not inferior to donation after brain death

13 Oct 2023

A recent study has found no significant differences in the outcomes among recipients of heart transplant donation after circulatory death (DCD) and those of heart donation after brain death (DBD).

Heart transplant donation after circulatory death not inferior to donation after brain death

13 Oct 2023

How to prevent CVD and early death? Take a walk

12 Oct 2023

People who walk as few as approximately 2,500 and 2,700 steps per day appear to enjoy significantly lower risks of mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD), with greater risk reductions seen when walking up to about 8,800 and 7,100 steps per day, respectively, suggests a study.

How to prevent CVD and early death? Take a walk

12 Oct 2023

Anticoagulation with bivalirudin vs heparin yields similar efficacy outcomes in NSTEMI

11 Oct 2023

In patients with non–ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), the rates of mortality and ischaemic events appear to be comparable following procedural anticoagulation with bivalirudin vs heparin, although bivalirudin is associated with fewer serious bleeding events, according to the results of a meta-analysis.

Anticoagulation with bivalirudin vs heparin yields similar efficacy outcomes in NSTEMI

11 Oct 2023

Foetal echocardiogram precisely detects congenital heart diseases

11 Oct 2023 by

Use of foetal echocardiograms results in an accurate diagnosis of congenital heart diseases (CHDs), with good concordance between pre- and postnatal diagnoses, according to a Singapore study.

Foetal echocardiogram precisely detects congenital heart diseases

11 Oct 2023

Exposure to flood ups risk of death

10 Oct 2023 by

Communities that are prone to floods appear to have increased risks of all-cause, cardiovascular, and respiratory deaths that can last for up to 60 days, reveals a time series study. Such associations could vary depending on local climate, socioeconomic status, and older age.

Exposure to flood ups risk of death

10 Oct 2023

Sleep, eating variability linked to early atherosclerosis in young adults

10 Oct 2023

Individuals with irregular sleep patterns and eating times are more likely to have thicker carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT), which is a marker of early atherosclerosis, in early adulthood, according to a study.