Current National Prevalence of Diagnosed A-Fib, 10.55 Million
AF patients became relatively younger over time, were less likely to be female or White, and were more likely to have HTN, diabetes
Acute Myocardial Infarction Up in People With Epilepsy, 2008 to 2017
Mortality high for people with comorbid myocardial infarction and epilepsy
Racial Disparities Seen in Prehospital Stroke Care
Findings seen despite similar use of emergency medical services transport
Aromatase Inhibitors Not Linked to CAC in Postoperative Breast Cancer Patients
Independent risk factors for CAC include older age, lower hemoglobin levels, hypertension, diabetes
Before and After Market Testing Rare for Cardiovascular Devices With Class I Recalls
A median of 7,649 units were affected by recalls, which were most often related to device design
Personality Tied to Cardiovascular Disease Risk With Type 2 Diabetes
Lower diligence level linked to risk for new cardiovascular disease, but healthy lifestyle still beneficial
Gestational Hypertension Tied to Higher Later Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
No associations seen for preeclampsia or eclampsia or gestational diabetes
AI Can Use ECG Images to Define Risk for Cancer Therapy-Linked Cardiac Dysfunction
In recent study, incidence of CTRCD and LVEF <40 percent were higher in association with high- versus low-risk AI ECG screen
Hot Flashes May Occur More Often in Second Half of Nightly Sleep
Authors say future research needed to see impact on REM sleep, cardiovascular disease
Predictive Models for HTN Screening Developed Using Speech Recordings
Accuracies were up to 84 percent for women and 77 percent for men using HTN threshold of SBP ≥135 mmHg and DBP ≥85 mmHg
