Tag: Heart / Stroke-Related: Coronary-Artery Disease

Half of all CHD deaths could have been prevented with elimination of smoking, alcohol, and obesity

Team-based, patient-centered care emphasized, which considers social determinants of care and linked costs

Reduced risk seen for composite of cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke

Three in four do not meet American guideline recommendations

Authors found 17-fold increased risk for four or more MSDs and say findings point to need to prioritize cardiovascular health improvement

In a recent study, AUC of ultrahigh-resolution photon-counting coronary CT angiography was 0.93 per participant for detection of coronary artery disease

Lp(a) of 500+ and 300+ mg/L versus lower significantly predicted recurrent CHD, with hazard ratios of 1.59 and 1.37, respectively

Risk for cardiovascular death and myocardial infarction similar for CCTA and ICA; risk reduced with CCTA compared with exercise ECG, SPECT-MPI

Lower incidence of total knee replacement, total hip replacement seen with use of colchicine 0.5 mg daily

In patients with acute coronary syndrome, decrease seen in cardiac death, MI, stent thrombosis with TiNO-coated stent, which was offset by increase in target lesion revascularization