Sleeping less than five hours a night is associated with a 74% greater likelihood of developing peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared with seven to eight hours of sleep, according to new research.
Smoking causes a temporary rise in blood pressure, but does that impact hypertension risk over the course of a lifetime?
Adults treated with medication for chronic hypertension present before or during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy had fewer adverse pregnancy outcomes compared to adults who did not receive antihypertensive treatment.
Just 76% of heart attack patients with dyspnea or fatigue as their main symptom are alive at one year compared to 94% of those with chest pain as the predominant symptom, according to research at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2022.
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THC reduced platelet aggregation—a step in the process of blood clot formation—and lowered production of thromboxane, a lipid involved in clotting.
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Neonatal patients on ECMO who also had cardiovascular or gastrointestinal conditions were at greater risk for readmission within the first year of their initial discharge.
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A new scoring system helped predict the risk of stroke among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 and was comparable to a computer-based risk estimator.
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The risk of stroke among older adults diagnosed with COVID-19 was highest within the first three days of diagnosis.
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An analysis of federal health data indicates that people who have had COVID-19 are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular complications within the first month to a year after infection.
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Philips has introduced the first full-service, at-home, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) solution for use in decentralized clinical trials.
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Rises in carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide and nitrogen dioxide were all associated with an increase in heart attack-associated EMS calls.
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Most cases of suspected COVID-19 vaccine-related myocarditis in people younger than 21 are mild and resolve quickly, new research reports.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher blood pressure levels among middle-aged adults across the US, according to research published in the journal Circulation.
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Stroke survivors with a history of smoking were 28% less likely to have quit smoking compared to cancer survivors.
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COVID-19 patients who continue to be short of breath during physical activity one year after recovering from the infection may have suffered heart damage.
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