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Scoring System Can Avoid Unnecessary Surgery For Clogged Arteries

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) – Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows. Patients with clogged arteries often...

Microplastics Could Be Contributing To Clogged Arteries

WEDNESDAY, April 23, 2025 — Microplastics could be contributing to clogged arteries, increasing people’s risk of heart attack or stroke, a new study says. Fatty plaques in neck arteries can contain mo...

2005 to 2019 Saw Increase in Incidence of Cervical Artery Dissection

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 – Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) incidence increased from 2005 to 2019, with the increase in admissions particularly high in older, Black, and Hispanic populations,...

Stroke Risk From Neck Artery Tears Is Rising Fast

THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 – Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in...

SARS-CoV-2 Infection Linked to More Rapid Plaque Growth in Lesions

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection is associated with more rapid progression of coronary artery lesion-based plaque volume, according to a...

Maladaptive Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress Linked to Adverse Outcomes

MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – A risk score derived from cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress improves prediction of adverse cardiovascular outcomes over traditional cardiovascular risk factors among...

Updated Heart Disease, Stroke Statistics Presented for 2025

MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 – Heart disease continues to be a leading cause of death, according to a report from the American Heart Association published online Jan. 27 in Circulation. Seth S. Martin,...

Primary Prevention Aspirin Use Decreased After Recommendation Change

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Among older adults and adults with low atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk for whom aspirin is not recommended, use of aspirin decreased after 2019 changes in...

Coronary Artery Disease Common in Patients With Cirrhosis

FRIDAY, Dec. 20, 2024 – Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk, according to a review...

CORSWO Model Stratifies Women According to Coronary Risk

FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2024 – The Coronary Risk Score in Women (CORSWO) can predict the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), according to a study published online Dec. 5 in Radiology:...

Model Including Polygenic Risk, Polysocial Score Improves CHD Risk Prediction

THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – A prediction model incorporating a polygenic risk score (PRS) and polysocial score (PSS), including social determinants of health and lifestyle-psychological factors,...

U-Shaped Association Seen for Alcohol Consumption, Cardiometabolic Disease

FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – There is a U-shaped association between alcohol consumption and coronary heart disease (CHD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) but no evidence for a causal association, according to a...

Hourglass-Shaped Stent Might Ease Tough-to-Treat Angina

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 – Recurring angina chest pain in people with a certain type of heart disease can be tough to treat, but a new hourglass-shaped stent could be a real advance, researchers...

Orbital Atherectomy No Better Than Balloon Angioplasty

MONDAY, Nov. 4, 2024 – For patients with severely calcified coronary lesions, routine treatment with orbital atherectomy prior to drug-eluting stent implantation does not yield greater minimal stent...

Black Patients 22% More Likely to Die After Bypass Surgeries

TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 – Heart bypass operations have gotten safer, but not everyone is benefiting equally: New data shows that Black patients face a 22% higher odds of dying in the hospital after...

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