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Weekly muscle-strengthening exercise, regardless of frequency, leads to a lower prevalence of hypertension compared with no exercise at all, according to a recent study involving 1.5 million adults.

Weekly muscle-strengthening exercise helps prevent hypertension in adults

Outpatient milrinone safe for end-stage heart failure

Continuous treatment with milrinone infusions is safe in outpatients with end-stage heart failure and provides probable survival benefits, a new study has shown.

Outpatient milrinone safe for end-stage heart failure

Cardiac CT doubling as bone density scan for osteoporosis?

17 Jul 2020 by

Very low thoracic bone mineral density (BMD) measured on cardiac CT scan is predictive of a higher fracture risk, especially osteoporosis-related fracture — thus highlighting the potential utility of cardiac CT for opportunistic BMD screening.

Cardiac CT doubling as bone density scan for osteoporosis?

17 Jul 2020

Icosapent ethyl may REDUCE CV risk in diabetes

17 Jul 2020 by

Icosapent ethyl may reduce the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) taking statins, according to findings of REDUCE-IT DIABETES presented at ADA 2020.

Icosapent ethyl may REDUCE CV risk in diabetes

17 Jul 2020

Postdischarge bleeding tied to mortality after acute coronary syndrome

Postdischarge bleeding following acute coronary syndrome (ACS) treated with or without percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) results in a similar increase in subsequent all-cause mortality and has a prognostic impact comparable to postdischarge myocardial infarction (MI), suggests a study.

Postdischarge bleeding tied to mortality after acute coronary syndrome

High serum phosphorus ups risk of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals

Elevated serum phosphorus concentration (SPC) is associated with increased risk of calcified plaques, with no significant difference in cardiac events, in asymptomatic Korean individuals without kidney dysfunction, results of a recent study have shown.

High serum phosphorus ups risk of coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals

Antithrombotics in COVID-19: Guidance in times of uncertainty

14 Jul 2020 by

As the world learns more and more about the enigmatic nature of the pandemic that is COVID-19, emerging evidence shows that erratic blood clotting — or coagulopathy — often complicates severe COVID-19 cases.

Antithrombotics in COVID-19: Guidance in times of uncertainty

Levothyroxine fails to improve cardiac function in mild subclinical hypothyroidism

Treatment with levothyroxine appears to have no significant impact on systolic and diastolic heart function in older adults with mild subclinical hypothyroidism as compared with placebo, results of a study have shown.

Levothyroxine fails to improve cardiac function in mild subclinical hypothyroidism

Polymer-free on par with durable polymer drug-eluting stents

14 Jul 2020 by

Patients treated with polymer-free drug-eluting coronary stents (DES) show outcomes similar to those treated with durable polymer DES at 10 years, reports a study.

Polymer-free on par with durable polymer drug-eluting stents

Glucocorticoid users risk developing hypertension

Use of glucocorticoid at doses ≥7.5 mg poses an increased risk of incident hypertension among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a study has found.

Glucocorticoid users risk developing hypertension