CVD Prevention News

• EAS 2022 No Thrombotic Risk From Higher Lp(a) Levels Contrary to hints from previous research, there is no apparent venous or arterial thrombotic risk associated with higher lipoprotein(a) levels, a new study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, June 02, 2022
• ADA 2022 ADA Updates on Finerenone, SGLT2 Inhibitors, and Race-Based eGFR ADA has made an interim change to its latest Standards of Medical Care, an update based on trial evidence and consensus about finerenone, SGLT2 inhibitors, and eGFR.
  Medscape Medical News, June 01, 2022
• Time-Restricted Eating May Reduce CVD Risk After Breast Cancer Preliminary research suggests limiting eating to a certain period of the day reduced cardiovascular risk and adipose tissue in older breast cancer survivors.
  Medscape Medical News, May 30, 2022
• EAS 2022 LDL-Lowering to Specific Targets May Offset Risk From High Lp(a) Researchers have developed a novel app to show how the increased risk for coronary events due to elevated lipoprotein(a) levels can be countered by lowering LDL cholesterol levels to specific targets.
  Medscape Medical News, May 30, 2022
• EAS 2022 CETP Inhibitors Finally Show Potential With Obicetrapib After many setbacks, the potential for CETP inhibition to significantly improve cholesterol levels and target attainment has been shown with obicetrapib in the ROSE trial.
  Medscape Medical News, May 30, 2022
• DDW 2022 ESG's Cardiometabolic Benefits Last 5 Years Bariatric surgery's benefits have been well described, but endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty is relatively new, so its outcomes haven't been as well described.
  Medscape Medical News, May 27, 2022
• Very High HDL-C: Too Much of a Good Thing? HDL cholesterol is classically regarded as protective against cardiovascular events, but 'more is not always better,' as this study suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2022
• Vascular Risk Factors for Dementia Vary With Age New data show that vascular risk factors that influence dementia risk vary by age, suggesting the need for age-specific dementia scores vs the current one-size-fits-all approach to dementia risk prediction.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2022
• EAS 2022 Could Neutrophil Counts Predict Cardiovascular Outcomes? A new study using Mendelian randomization appears to confirm that increased neutrophil counts are causally linked to higher coronary artery disease risk, potentially offering a novel treatment target.
  Medscape Medical News, May 25, 2022
• ESC-HF Moderate to High Alcohol Use May Push 'Pre-HF' Into Clinical HF Also, no protection was evident at any alcohol-intake level among STOP-HF trial participants who were initially at risk for heart failure but without echocardiographic signs of the disease.
  Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
• Aspirin Links With CVD Cut in Patients With Kidney Disease Recent recommendations advise against aspirin for primary prevention of CVD events in people over 59 years old, but when chronic kidney disease is present it looks like a different story.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Prostate Cancer Survival: Enzalutamide Edges Out Abiraterone Men with metastatic disease who received enzalutamide demonstrated a small but significant survival benefit. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Medicine, AI, and Bias: Will Bad Data Undermine Good Tech? Artificial Intelligence models may help predict and prevent diseases. But recent research highlights the challenges they face in providing insights that work for all.
  WebMD Health News, May 18, 2022
• Hormones Account for 10% of Lipid Changes After Menopause The transition to menopause is accompanied by a proatherogenic shift in lipids and other metabolites, and new research directly implicates the hormonal shift at this stage of life to some of these changes.
  Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
• Keeping Thyroid Hormone Treatment On Target Is Key for the Heart 'Both undertreatment and overtreatment were associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes,' including higher mortality, but keeping thyroid hormone levels normal is a tricky task, researchers admit.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Chronic Conditions Linked With Higher Risk for Fatal Drowning A retrospective analysis indicates a need for extra vigilance among patients with a seizure disorder or other chronic condition, even when they are in familiar places, researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
• Resting Heart Rate Predicts Fitness Level The number of times the heart beats when an individual is inactive is a biomarker for fitness and cardiorespiratory health that can be monitored to assess disease, a new analysis shows.
  First Look, May 16, 2022
• DDW 2022 NAFLD in Lean Patients Linked to CVD Risk The link between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and higher risk of cardiovascular disease may extend beyond people who are overweight or living with obesity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Greater Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability Tied to CV Risk Both the triglyceride-glucose index and its variability over several years predicted late risk for myocardial infarction or stroke in a prospective cohort study with more than 50,000 adults.
  First Look, May 12, 2022