In this first episode of a two-part Double Take miniseries on cardiovascular risk factors from the New England Journal of Medicine, five key drivers of cardiovascular disease are reviewed. The video ...

For decades it’s been understood that certain risk factors explain the majority of cardiovascular events, until several recent studies claimed that coronary heart disease can develop without them. But ...

The study refutes the notion that cardiac events strike without warning. A large international study has found that 99% of heart attacks, strokes, and major cardiovascular events are linked to four ...

Sudden cardiac death is more common among patients with SSc vs the general population and is linked to older age, coronary artery disease, and smoking history.

Risk factor modification has long been considered an important strategy for cardiovascular disease prevention. For sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) especially — fatal in 90% of cases — studies have pointed ...

Hepatic steatosis is associated with greater noncalcified plaque burden (NCPB) and an increased risk for a major adverse ...

MOST of us know there’s ‘good’ and ‘bad’ cholesterol and this fatty substance in the blood can be ‘high’ or ‘low’. But ...

MPN patients with CVRFs have increased mortality and thrombotic risk, especially in polycythemia vera cases. Hypertension and hyperlipidemia are the most common CVRFs in MPN patients, particularly in ...

Most individuals carry a blood pressure that is better than perfect but less than what the physicians normally prescribe drugs for. These slightly elevated scores severely hurt arteries in the long ...

Turns out, these so-called “bad” foods deserve a spot in your grocery cart.

Some 3 percent to 4 percent of Black individuals in the United States have the transthyretin V142I genetic variant, which significantly increases an individual’s risk of heart failure. The UAB-led ...

Having high blood pressure, specifically high diastolic blood pressure, was linked to a slightly higher odds of ever having migraine in female participants, according to a new study. Diastolic ...