ALLMedicine Cardiovascular Disease Center

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Lowering blood pressure has been shown to decrease the incidences of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure (1,2). This report provides 2017-2018 U.S. hypertension prevalence estimat...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Editor's presentation: Staying healthy and fighting cardiovascular disease at the time of COVID.|2020|Piepoli MF,|

Jun 2nd, 2020 - People with serious mental illness are at disproportionate risk of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality because of high rates of risk factors that directly parallel those related to poor coronavirus outcomes, including smoking, chronic obstructive pul...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Nocturnal blood pressure (BP) profile shows characteristic abnormalities in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), namely acute post-apnea BP surges and non-dipping BP. These abnormal BP profiles provide prognostic clues indicating increased cardiovascula...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Expression of Concern: Mehra MR et al. Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007621.|2020|Rubin EJ,|

May 5th, 2020 - Chest pain is a frequent cause for emergency department visits and inpatient evaluation, with particular concern for acute coronary syndrome as an etiology, since cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Although ...

Mar 16th, 2020 - As the global impact of COVID-19 rises, the scientific community continues to evaluate the clinical impact and health care needs of patients with cardiovascular disease, who are at increased risk for serious complications with COVID-19. Together, ...

Mar 4th, 2020 - Despite high risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, screening and treatment of hyperlipidemia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is suboptimal. We asked primary care physicians (PCPs) and rheumatologists to identify barriers to s...

Mar 3rd, 2020 - Hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a very common problem in clinical practice with a prevalence of approximately 10%.1 Plasma triglyceride (TG) concentration is a biomarker for TG rich lipoproteins (TRL) and their remnants, which have emerged as import...

Feb 29th, 2020 - Olive oil intake has been associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Mediterranean populations, but little is known about these associations in the U.S population.

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Hypertension is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Lowering blood pressure has been shown to decrease the incidences of stroke, heart attack, and heart failure (1,2). This report provides 2017-2018 U.S. hypertension prevalence estimat...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Editor's presentation: Staying healthy and fighting cardiovascular disease at the time of COVID.|2020|Piepoli MF,|

Jun 2nd, 2020 - People with serious mental illness are at disproportionate risk of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality because of high rates of risk factors that directly parallel those related to poor coronavirus outcomes, including smoking, chronic obstructive pul...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Nocturnal blood pressure (BP) profile shows characteristic abnormalities in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), namely acute post-apnea BP surges and non-dipping BP. These abnormal BP profiles provide prognostic clues indicating increased cardiovascula...

Jun 2nd, 2020 - Expression of Concern: Mehra MR et al. Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19. N Engl J Med. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2007621.|2020|Rubin EJ,|

Jun 1st, 2020 -   Takeaway Childhood maltreatment is associated with an increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and all-cause mortality. Why this matters Findings highlight the need for public health approaches...

May 20th, 2020 - Approximately 125 million people around the world are affected by psoriasis, a chronic, relapsing inflammatory skin disorder. Several clinical variants of psoriasis are recognized, but plaque psoriasis is the most common. Psoriasis is associated w...

May 20th, 2020 - Plaque psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease that primarily affects the skin and joints. Globally, approximately 125 million people have psoriasis. Certain medications, infections, skin trauma, obesity, and stress have been recognized as dis...

May 12th, 2020 - (Reuters Health) – Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease mortality in the U.S. has been higher in rural areas than in urban communities over the past two decades, with the gap widening over time, a study suggests. Nationwide, roughly 16.1 million de...

May 12th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. West Virginia's large elderly population and high rates of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and COPD make it the most vul...