Machine learning model using routine clinical indicators predicts coronary heart disease risk
Machine learning model predicts heart disease risk with high accuracy
This retrospective cohort model development and validation study utilized routine clinical indicators to predict coronary heart disease risk…
A new model using routine health data predicted coronary heart disease with 94% accuracy in a large study.
Narrative review summarizes Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index thresholds and limitations in coronary heart disease management.
New inflammation scores help predict heart attack risks better than older tests
This narrative review examines the predictive utility of the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII) in patients with coronary heart diseas…
A new inflammation score called SII helps doctors predict heart attack risks, especially during acute coronary syndrome, offering a clearer …
Individual participant data meta-analysis shows exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation reduces hospitalization, not mortality in coronary heart disease.
Heart Patients Stay Out of Hospital with Exercise
This individual participant data meta-analysis synthesizes evidence from 8 trials involving 4975 participants with coronary heart disease. E…
New research confirms that moving your body helps heart patients stay out of the hospital.
Non-traditional lipid indices associate with coronary heart disease risk in MASLD and type 2 diabetes patients.
This blood fat test may spot heart disease risk in diabetics better than standard cholesterol checks
This multicenter retrospective cohort study included 1,823 patients with comorbid metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease a…
For people with diabetes and fatty liver, a new set of blood fat numbers could reveal heart risks that standard cholesterol tests often miss…
Review links periodontitis to higher cardiovascular risk but notes causal inference is unproven.
Does gum disease truly raise your risk for heart attacks and strokes?
This narrative review synthesizes evidence regarding the association between periodontitis and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, coron…
Severe gum disease is linked to a small increase in heart attack and stroke risk, but experts say we lack proof that treating your gums will…
IL-17A inhibition improves skin lesions and early atherosclerosis markers in psoriasis vulgaris patients.
Psoriasis Is Linked to Heart Disease — and One Drug May Help Both
This retrospective cohort and prospective intervention study evaluated IL-17A inhibitors for psoriasis vulgaris and associated cardiovascula…
Psoriasis and heart disease share deep biological roots, and a specific drug may improve both conditions at once.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of insomnia prevalence and risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease
Half of All Heart Disease Patients Can't Sleep — Here's Why That's Dangerous
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated insomnia prevalence and associated factors in 5,928 patients with coronary heart disease.…
Half of all heart disease patients suffer from insomnia, a common but rarely treated condition linked to depression, anxiety, and diabetes.
Carotid plaque measures predict coronary heart disease in CKD patients
A Simple Neck Ultrasound Could Spot Hidden Heart Disease in Kidney Patients
A retrospective analysis of 377 patients with chronic kidney disease found carotid plaque number and maximum plaque length predicted coronar…
For patients with early-stage kidney disease, counting and measuring plaque deposits in the neck arteries may offer a safer, contrast-free w…
Telemedicine-based exercise cardiac rehabilitation shows comparable effects to center-based programs for coronary heart disease patients.
Home workouts match hospital rehab for heart health
A meta-analysis of 2219 patients with coronary heart disease found that personalized structured telemedicine-based exercise cardiac rehabili…
Doing structured exercise at home is just as good as going to a center, and it helps you feel less depressed too.
Frailty shows strong positive association with depression in older adults with coronary heart disease.
The Hidden Link That Makes Heart Recovery Harder for Older Adults
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated 2,628 older adults with coronary heart disease to assess the link between frailty and dep…
In older heart patients, frailty and depression form a dangerous cycle where each condition makes the other much more likely to develop.
CHIP mutations increase cardiovascular risk and mortality in older adults independent of traditional factors.
Your Aging Blood Cells May Be Quietly Attacking Your Heart
This review synthesizes evidence regarding clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) in individuals older than 70 years. Findin…
Aging blood cell mutations called CHIP quietly raise heart attack risk by fueling inflammation, affecting over 10% of adults over 70.
Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index Scores Associated with Increased MACE in CHD Patients
Diet Score Predicts Heart Attack Risk
A retrospective cohort study of 500 adults with angiographically confirmed CHD found that higher Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) scores wer…
A simple diet score predicts heart attack risk in coronary disease patients, with higher inflammatory scores linked to more severe outcomes.