Heart Health
Low Health Literacy Tied to Worse Heart Failure Outcomes
Poor health literacy is associated with worse heart failure outcomes, according to a review published in the June issue of JACC: Heart Failure. Matteo Fabbri, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and colleagues conducted a systematic literature review to evaluate associations between health literacy and health-related outcomes in patients with heart failure. Based on...
Prediabetes Linked to Increased Risk for Mortality, CVD
Prediabetes is associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease among the general population and individuals with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis published online July 15 in The BMJ. Xiaoyan Cai, from Southern Medical University in Foshan, China, and colleagues conducted an updated meta-analysis to assess the associations between prediabetes and...
Risk for Heart Failure Increased for Women Taking β-Blockers
Women taking β-blockers for hypertension have an increased risk for developing heart failure when they present to the hospital with acute coronary syndrome, according to a study published online July 10 in Hypertension. Raffaele Bugiardini, M.D., from the University of Bologna in Italy, and colleagues examined whether the effect of β-blocker therapy varies according to the...
LV Hypertrophy May Explain Racial Disparities in Heart Failure
Some of the excess risk for heart failure explained by higher prevalence of malignant LVH in blacks. A “malignant” subphenotype of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) with minimal elevations in cardiac biomarkers is associated with an increased risk for heart failure, with some of the excess risk for heart failure among blacks explained by a higher...
Study Shows Both Blood Pressure Numbers Key to Pinpointing Heart Attack and Stroke Risk in Young Adults
This story was written by the American Heart Association. High blood pressure of any kind in young adults increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular events, according to new findings that shed light on an issue experts say has been understudied. Blood pressure readings have two measurements. Systolic is the top number...
After A Heart Attack: Can Home Health Help Prevent Hospital Return?
By American Heart Association NewsHeart attack survivors who receive home health care are less likely to be readmitted to the hospital within the first month, according to preliminary research. The study, presented Friday at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care & Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions, used the Nationwide Readmission Database to identify more than 400,000...
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