Diastolic Age predicts MACE and discriminates LVDD in heart failure cohorts
Doctors Can Now Measure Your Heart’s True Age With One Scan
This cohort study involving 1,952 participants from the Project Baseline Health Study, 1,708 from WASE, and 313 from Stanford Cardiovascular…
A new scan tool calculates your heart's biological age to spot hidden risks before symptoms appear, though it is still experimental.
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…
Plasma proteomic profiles predict recurrent ASCVD events better than SMART2 risk scores in UK Biobank participants
Blood Proteins Reveal Hidden Heart Risk After Disease Strikes
This cohort study of ~9,300 UK Biobank participants with established ASCVD compared plasma proteomic profiles against the SMART2 clinical ri…
Measuring specific proteins in blood could help doctors spot heart risks earlier than before.
CABG linked to higher impaired cognition risk in older CAD patients with APO genotype variation
Heart Surgery Tied to Memory Issues in Some Patients
This cohort study of older adults with coronary artery disease found that coronary artery bypass grafting was associated with a higher risk …
Heart bypass surgery may raise memory problem risks in older adults, especially those carrying a specific gene type linked to brain health.
GLP-1 receptor agonists associated with lower mortality in HFrEF on GDMT
Heart Failure Patients Cut Death Risk With Common Diabetes Drug
In a retrospective, multicenter cohort study of 1,518 adults with HFrEF on guideline-directed therapy, GLP-1 receptor agonist use was associ…
Adding a common diabetes medication to standard heart failure treatment may significantly lower death rates.
Review of heart failure medications and microbiome insights for individualized treatment strategies
Could gut bacteria help tailor heart failure treatment for better results?
This narrative review examines heart failure management involving digoxin, angiotensin receptor-neprilysin inhibitors, ACE inhibitors, ARBs…
Gut bacteria might help tailor heart failure treatments to work better for specific people by influencing how standard medicines affect the …
Narrative review explores aged epicardial adipose tissue as a target for mitigating age-related coronary artery calcification in the elderly
Aging fat around the heart may link to vascular changes in older adults
This narrative review examines the role of aged epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) in the context of coronary artery calcification and vascular…
Aging fat around the heart shifts from a protective shield to a harmful driver of vascular calcification and heart disease in older adults.
Caffeinated coffee associated with AF recurrence reduction in RCT with Bayesian robustness checks
Does Coffee Help Heart Rhythm? New Study Changes the Answer
This review analyzes a randomized controlled trial (RCT) involving caffeinated coffee drinkers and abstainers with atrial fibrillation.
A deeper look at old data suggests coffee might help heart rhythm, but not as much as we hoped.
SMART-HF guided workflow improved PAD control in adults with heart failure and implanted sensors
Small study links SMART-HF sensor workflow to lower pressure readings in heart failure patients
This retrospective cohort study evaluated SMART-HF, a structured pulmonary artery diastolic pressure-guided workflow, in adults with heart f…
A new heart failure workflow using implanted sensors lowered pressure readings significantly in most patients over six months without safety…
CAC progression assessed in 467 IBD patients without known ASCVD
Routine Chest Scans May Reveal Hidden Heart Risk in IBD Patients
This multicenter retrospective cohort study evaluated 467 inflammatory bowel disease patients without known atherosclerotic cardiovascular d…
For people with IBD, watching how heart artery calcium changes over time could be the key to preventing a future heart attack.
Blood levels of Mn, Fe, Zn, Cd, and Cr associated with HF status in Saudi outpatients
Blood Levels Linked to Heart Failure Risk
This case-control study in 180 adult Saudi outpatients examined associations between blood levels of Mn, Fe, Zn, Cd, and Cr and heart failur…
Low manganese and high toxic metals in the blood are linked to heart failure risk in Saudi patients.
Observational study links AI-detected proximal coronary calcium to higher MACE and mortality risk
Does a tiny bit of calcium in your heart arteries mean higher risk for heart attacks or death?
This primary research article is an observational cohort study of 4,552 patients with mild coronary calcium and normal perfusion.
Calcium near the main entrance of heart arteries raises heart attack and death risk by 24% and 25% even when blood flow looks normal.