by Lauren Quinn, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Finasteride decreases plaque size and macrophage content in Ldlr-/- mice. Four-week-old male Ldlr-/- mice were fed Western diet with increasing doses of finasteride for 12 weeks. Two days before tissue harvesting, mice were injected with EdU to track monocyte trafficking into the atherosclerotic lesions. (A) En face visualization...
by University of Birmingham A, lead II ECG recordings from an unaffected individual (control) and a non-definite and definite ARVC patient. Individual cardiac cycles over a duration of 10 s (gray traces) are overlaid by detected R waves and averaged (black trace). The PR interval (blue), P wave duration (orange) and P wave area (green) are...
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaOct 30 2023Reviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal Nutrients, researchers performed a meta-analysis to determine the association between fish consumption and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.The Importance of Diet in Cardiovascular Health Studies show that unhealthy dietary habits and sedentary lifestyles contribute to the high mortality...
A National Institute of Health-supported study found that statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications, may offset the high risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with HIV by more than a third, potentially preventing one in five major cardiovascular events or premature deaths in this population. People living with HIV can have a 50-100% increased...
by Northwestern University Credit: CC0 Public Domain CT scans are better at predicting a middle-aged person’s risk for a heart disease, such as a heart attack, than genetics, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published May 23 in JAMA. “Finding the best way to identify who is at risk for developing heart disease can help determine what needs to...
Sue Hughes March 07, 2023 Consumption of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet, dubbed a “keto-like” diet, was associated with an increase in LDL levels and a twofold increase in the risk for future cardiovascular events, in a new observational study. “To our knowledge this is the first study to demonstrate an association between a carbohydrate-restricted dietary platform and...
by Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Graphical representation of the findings from this study. Graphical summary of key findings from this study of sarcomere disorganization and SQSTM1 and MYOM1 mislocalization in ALPK3mut hPSC CMs. Credit: Nature Cardiovascular Research (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s44161-023-00219-9 Researchers have discovered how a gene that increases the risk of developing genetic heart disease functions, paving the way for new...
by Kingston University, London Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence-enabled eye scans could be used to rapidly and accurately predict whether a person is at high risk of heart disease, a new study involving researchers from London’s Kingston University has established. The findings could pave the way for cardiovascular screening to be done more quickly and simply...
What’s more, the screening process can be easy—even for health care providers without significant psychology training—and efficient, the researchers say. In a meta-analysis that included more than 600,000 patients across 28 studies, the researchers determined that psychological distress assessed with brief questionnaires was associated with nearly a 30% greater risk of cardiovascular disease. The results indicate that...
New research reveals stark differences in cardiovascular disease risk among different Asian American subgroups. Santi Nuñez/Getty Images Asian Americans often have only one box to check on health forms — “Asian” — that lumps together a highly diverse population. A new study takes a closer look at Asian American heart health hidden within that single...
