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The odds of surviving cardiac arrest seem higher for patients who've been taking statins

AHA: Survival Odds Up With Statins Before Cardiac Arrest

Those already taking statin medication more likely to be alive one year later
Cases of coronary heart disease have dropped 20 percent in the United States over the last four decades

CHD Rates Down 20 Percent Since 1980s in the United States

Doctors, public health officials should begin focusing on heart health at ever-earlier ages
The risk of cardiovascular outcomes is elevated for women with gestational diabetes mellitus

Women With GDM Have Elevated Risk of Future Cardiac Events

Increased risk of cardiovascular outcomes, even in the absence of type 2 diabetes mellitus
Reduced baseline levels of circulating CD34+ stem cells predict adverse cardiovascular outcomes for patients with type 2 diabetes

Reduced CD34+ Stem Cells Predicts CV Outcome in T2DM

Long-term prediction of cardiovascular outcomes by circulating CD34+ and CD34+CD133+ cells
Blacks and Hispanics have increased proximal aortic pulse wave velocity and characteristic impedance compared with whites

Ethnic Differences in Proximal Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity

Blacks and Hispanics have increased PWV and characteristic impedance compared with whites
Use of anakinra reduces the risk of recurrence of pericarditis among patients with recurrent pericarditis with colchicine resistance and corticosteroid dependence

Anakinra Cuts Risk of Recurrence in Recurrent Pericarditis

Findings in preliminary study involving 21 patients with colchicine resistance, corticosteroid dependence
Hospitalized children have reduced survival odds with cardiopulmonary resuscitation events occurring at night compared to other times of the day

Survival Lower for Night CPR Events in Children

Pediatric CPR events at night tied to 12 percent reduced odds of survival
There is no indication of postprocedural cognitive impairment for patients undergoing coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention

Coronary Angiography, PCI Don’t Impact Cognitive Function

No significant link between results of Montreal Cognitive Assessment test, cerebral microemboli
The age at which cancer survivors are diagnosed with their disease may help predict their risk of death from cardiac disease

Age at Cancer Diagnosis Key in Determining Later Cardiac Risk

The younger the age at diagnosis, the greater the risk, study suggests
For patients with diabetes mellitus

Deferred Revascularization Tied to Poor Outcomes in Diabetes

Previous MI is effect modifier for patients with FFR-negative medically treated lesions