Cardiology

Life’s Crucial 9 (LC9), a recently proposed method for assessing cardiovascular health, has a strong negative correlation with overactive bladder (OAB), which is partially mediated by the weight-adjusted waist index (WWI), according to a study published online Jan. 5 in Frontiers in Nutrition.

The risk of being admitted to the hospital with heart disease is twice as high the year after birth for mothers of twins compared to singleton births, according to research published in the European Heart Journal. The risk is even higher in mothers of twins who had a high blood pressure condition during pregnancy.

A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Södersjukhuset shows that advanced ultrasound imaging analyses cannot identify patients who would benefit from beta-blocker treatment after a myocardial infarction. The study, published in the European Heart Journal—Cardiovascular Imaging, is a follow-up to the previous REDUCE-AMI study.

There’s no question about whether sleep is important for heart and brain health. Study after study has shown that it is.

A team of researchers led by Emory’s Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow and survive in the microgravity environment of space. The team’s findings, published in Biomaterials, show promise for developing hardier heart cells that could effectively repair damaged hearts in cell therapy—the process of transplanting millions of heart cells to repair damaged hearts—on Earth.

A research team led by Ida Anna Cappello of the Heart Rhythm Management Centre of the University Hospital Brussels (VUB) has made significant strides in the field of biomedical engineering by developing innovative 3D printed surgical guides for cardiovascular procedures. The team’s research, conducted in close collaboration with cardiologists and cardiac surgeons, holds the potential to revolutionize surgical accuracy in complex heart surgeries.

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that only 3.5 years of intensive blood pressure control continues to significantly reduce the risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia long after stopping this treatment in adults with hypertension and high cardiovascular risk.

In clinical practice guidelines jointly issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense and published online Jan. 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine, updated recommendations are presented for the management of stroke rehabilitation.

A study led by researchers from the University of Granada, carried out in collaboration with the University of Castilla-La Mancha and the Radboud University Medical Center (The Netherlands), has shown that the context in which physical exercise is performed plays a key role in improving the mental health and quality of life of patients with coronary heart disease.

Persistent over-dilation of muscle microvasculature may be one cause of chronic limb-threatening ischemia, recent studies by Kuopio University Hospital and the University of Eastern Finland show. In the future, this surprising finding may offer new avenues for the screening and treatment of patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia.