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Alcohol consumption has neither harmful nor protective effects on the arteries of the heart

RSNA: No Evidence Moderate Alcohol Intake Aids Heart Health

Researchers find no protective effect against coronary artery disease
The prognostic value of lower heart rate thresholds (defined as the percentage of age-predicted maximal heart rate achieved

Beta-Blocker Tx Attenuates Prognostic Value of ppMHR

Inverse correlation for ppMHR with all-cause mortality, which is attenuated by β-blocker therapy
For patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Local Anesthetic As Safe As General Anesthetic for TAVR

Shorter transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure time in local anesthetic group
Data mining can be used to discover unknown drug-drug interactions in cardiovascular medicine

Data From Clinical Registries Can ID Novel Drug Interactions

Drug groups with known interactions rediscovered, new drug groups ID'd in warfarin-treated patients
For patients undergoing coronary angiography

Sodium Bicarbonate Prophylaxis Linked to Lower Mortality

Lower mortality versus sodium chloride in patients undergoing coronary angiography

American Heart Association, Nov. 12-16

The American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2016 The annual meeting of the American Heart Association was held from Nov. 12 to 16 in...
Heart disease continues to top the list of likely cause of death among Americans

CDC: Heart Disease Still Leading Cause of Death

Cancer next most likely cause of death, followed by stroke and chronic lower respiratory diseases
Among a nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients there was a small increase in the rate of cardiac stress testing from 2005 to 2012

AHA: Small Increase in Cardiac Stress Testing 2005 to 2012

Findings among nationally representative cohort of commercially insured patients aged 25 to 64 years
For patients with inflammatory joint diseases

ACR: High Demand for CVD-Preventive Meds in IJD

High indication for medications, but initiation is infrequent in inflammatory joint disease cohort
In asymptomatic never smokers

AHA: Secondhand Tobacco Smoke Ups Atherosclerosis Risk

Extent of SHTS exposure linked to presence, extent of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic never smokers