Tag: VASC
Sex Differences Seen in Vascular Response to Mental Stress
Peripheral microvascular dysfunction in response to mental stress associated with major adverse cardiovascular events for women
ASA: Stem Cell Transplant Improves Vasculopathy in Sickle Cell Patients
No patients without evidence of vasculopathy at transplant developed stenoses or aneurysms after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Vascular Risk Factors Only Explain Part of Alzheimer Disease Risk for Blacks, Hispanics
Barriers to health care access and other socioeconomic factors may increase vulnerability in racial/ethnic minorities
Outcomes Examined for Cannabis Users After Lower-Extremity Bypass
Cannabis use linked to reduced graft patency, increased amputation, and increased opioid use after lower-extremity bypass
Subretinal Drusenoid Deposits Linked to High-Risk Vascular Disease in AMD
Presence of HRVD can be identified in model including SDD, high-density lipoprotein with accuracy of 78.5 percent
AI-Enabled Retinal Vasculometry May Help Assess Vascular Health
Simpler RV model performed equally to or better than Framingham risk score for predicting circulatory mortality, MI, stroke
Apremilast May Offer Cardiometabolic Benefit in Psoriasis Patients
5 to 6 percent decrease seen in subcutaneous and visceral adiposity at week 16 of treatment, which was maintained at 52 weeks
cfDNA Increased in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Transplant-free survival predicted by cfDNA levels stratified into tertiles, REVEAL risk groups; discrimination increased with adding cfDNA to REVEAL
Genotype Tied to Endovascular Therapy Outcomes in LVO Stroke
Instant, early reocclusion more frequent in carriers of the RNF213 p.R4810K variant, found mainly in people of East Asian descent
Stroke Risk Low for Non-Surgically Treated Asymptomatic Carotid Stenosis
Authors say findings suggest medical management to lower stroke risk from asymptomatic carotid stenosis may be a viable option
