Ilori quoted WHO to have said that over 75 per cent of premature deaths from these diseases are preventable and as such, there is the need for regular
cardiovascular risk assessment for adults above age 40 or those with relatives with a history of CVDs to curtail them.
The incidence rate of dementia was 3.2 (95 percent confidence interval [CI], 2.5 to 4.0) per 1,000 person years for those with poor
cardiovascular health, and absolute rate differences were −1.5 (95 percent CI, −2.3 to −0.7) and −1.9 (95 percent CI, −2.8 to −1.1) per 1,000 person-years for the intermediate and optimal
cardiovascular health groups.
Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS) is a system that provides easy access to
cardiovascular electronic medical records (EMR) in images, reports, and waveforms in multiple locations in the real-time, which facilitates virtual cardiac care.
The trial met its primary endpoint, defined as non-inferiority for linagliptin versus glimepiride in time to first occurrence of
cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction or non-fatal stroke (3P-MACE), which occurred in 11.8% (356 people) of the linagliptin group compared to 12% (362 people) of the glimepiride group.
Randomized trials in Mediterranean countries and observational studies have previously linked a Mediterranean diet to reductions in
cardiovascular disease, but the underlying mechanisms have been unclear.
An increased risk of
cardiovascular adverse events and
cardiovascular death was seen in COPD patients in the highest quintile of plasma cardiac troponin concentrations at baseline, results of the analysis show.
According to a global observational study present in the journal- The Lancet, people who consumed three servings of whole fat dairy per day had lower rates of mortality and
cardiovascular disease compared to those who consumed less than 0.
'For people with busy lives, sleeping may feel like a waste of time but our study suggests that short sleep could be linked with future
cardiovascular disease, ' said Moa Bengtsson, author of the study which was recently presented at a meeting in Germany.
[USA], May 29 ( ANI ): Sex hormone levels may affect risk of
cardiovascular disease in post-menopausal women, according to a study.
HIV-positive people run a higher risk of both
cardiovascular (heart) disease and kidney disease than people without HIV.