Opinion | Primordial Prevention Can Protect Black Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Osude is a cardiology fellow. The U.S. kicked off its 60th annual American Heart Month with the sobering news that Black women who have high blood pressure by age 35 face up to triple the risk of a stroke by the time they reach middle age compared with their peers without hypertension. What’s more, Black […]
How can I avoid heart disease or stroke?
The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice are published online today in European Heart Journal. As much as 90% of the risk of a heart attack, stroke, or peripheral arterial disease (PAD) can be explained by smoking, poor eating habits, lack of physical activity, abdominal obesity, high blood […]
His Bundle Pacing Stars in European Guidelines
His bundle pacing has now entered guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The update to the cardiac pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) guidelines also brought changes on pacing after syncope or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), as well as revisions to recommendations on loop recorders, CRT in heart failure, and implantable device […]
Cancer and the Heart; COVID and Dx Delays; Not the Same Old Accelerated Approval?
The European Society of Cardiology has launched a clinical trial to evaluate cardiac MRI during chemotherapy to prevent treatment-related heart failure in patients with cancer. A large retrospective study showed that patients with heart failure had a significantly increased risk of developing cancer. (ESC Heart Failure) The American Heart Association awarded $11 million in grants […]