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Low-Fiber Diet With High Red Meat Linked to High-Risk Coronary Plaque Features

TUESDAY, July 1, 2025 – A low-fiber diet with high red-meat content is associated with high-risk plaque features, according to a study published online June 16 in Cardiovascular Research. Ingrid...

High-Fiber Diet Reduces Risk of Hardened Arteries

FRIDAY, June 27, 2025 — Noshing on veggies, grains, beans and other high-fiber foods can help your heart as well as your gut health, a new study says. People with low-fiber diets are more likely to h...

Survival Up for CABG With Surgical Ablation in Atrial Fibrillation

FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 – Medicare beneficiaries with preexisting atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) who undergo concomitant surgical ablation have a survival...

High-Volume Exercise Tied to Increased Coronary Artery Calcification Score

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 – Male athletes with high-volume exercise training have a higher burden of calcified plaque than male nonathletes, according to a review published in the June issue of JACC: ...

Lipoprotein(a) Levels Tied to Increased Risk of Recurrent Atherosclerotic CVD Events

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 – Higher lipoprotein(a) levels are associated with continuously increasing risk of recurrent atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events, regardless of sex and...

PREVENT Risk Score Accurately IDs People With Coronary Artery Calcium

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 – The 2023 Predicting Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Events (PREVENT) risk score accurately identifies individuals with coronary artery calcium (CAC), according to a research...

Black Patients, Women Face Worse Outcomes, Death In Heart & Blood Vessel Procedures

MONDAY, May 19, 2025 — Women and Black patients are more likely to suffer life-changing complications from advanced heart and blood vessel procedures, a trio of new studies says. Women face a higher r...

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...

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