Anti-Inflammatory Therapy May Not Prevent Atherosclerotic Events
A randomized double-blinded trial called Cardiovascular Inflammation Reduction Trial (CIRT) recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Ridker,... Read more.
Statins Shown to Reduce Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients Older Than Seventy Five Years
HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors or as they are commonly known as statins have been postulated to produce significant reductions in major vascular events irrespective... Read more.
Does Aggressive Control of Blood Pressure Decrease the Risk of Cognitive Impairment?
So far, there has been no definitive treatment for dementia. There are medications that provide symptomatic relief but there has been an advance towards developing disease-modifying... Read more.
Debunking Extreme Exercise and Coronary Artery Calcification: Can Those with ‘Hearts of Stone’ Run to Death? A Recent Study Says No
Evidence suggests that men with high physical activity have higher levels of coronary artery calcification (CAC), but very little data is available on whether these... Read more.
Long-Term Consequences Post Device Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale in Patients With Cryptogenic Embolism
Recently, Jérôme Wintzer-Wehekind M.D. and his team at Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, Laval University, Quebec, Canada conducted a vast cohort study published... Read more.
Epidemiological Approach Shows Low LDL Levels Do Not Increase the Risk of Sepsis
A fascinating cohort study published in JAMA Network Open conducted by QiPing Feng, Ph.D., and colleagues from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville,... Read more.