Cardiovascular

Research Highlights:

• A new analysis of a long-term, community-based study has found that maintaining optimal cardiovascular health by following the American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple Seven (LS7) protected people from stroke, regardless of their genetics.
• The researchers reviewed data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in […]
  

Issue Highlights:

• The American Heart Association’s flagship scientific journal Circulation today published its second annual special issue focused on disparities in cardiovascular medicine, in a quest to better understand the impact of these disparities on equitable delivery of cardiovascular care for all.
• This year, […]
  

Statement Highlights:

• Resilience and a high quality of life are demonstrated by many individuals born with heart defects; however, they may face a range of health-related psychological and social challenges throughout their lives.
• A new scientific statement reviews potential psychological and social challenges that […]
  

Journal of the American Heart Association Report
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Research Highlights:

• Among people who had a blockage in a large brain artery, those who carry a rare genetic variant found primarily in people of East Asian descent were more likely to have the vessel reclog during or shortly after treatment.
• Rapid genotyping to […]
  

Research Highlights:

• Researchers in China created a heart-healthy, lower sodium version of traditional Chinese cuisine that was appetizing, affordable and significantly lowered blood pressure among adults diagnosed with hypertension.
• The heart-healthy Chinese diet reduced sodium intake in half, from nearly 6,000 mg daily to […]
  

DALLAS, June 30, 2022 — Ann Marie Schmidt, M.D., has been selected as the new editor-in-chief of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology (ATVB), a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Heart Association, effective tomorrow, July 1, 2022. She most recently served as […]

Study Highlights:

• Researchers found the U.S. population is well below optimal levels of cardiovascular health after applying the Life’s Essential 8™ cardiovascular health scoring, the American Heart Association’s updated metrics to measure heart and brain health.
• Life’s Essential 8™ scoring was calculated using data […]
  

Advisory Highlights:

• American Heart Association’s checklist to measure cardiovascular health is updated, now called Life’s Essential 8™, adding healthy sleep as essential for optimal cardiovascular health.
• Other health and lifestyle factors in the checklist, which were part of the previous, 7-item scoring tool, are […]
  

WASHINGTON and DALLAS, June 23, 2022 — The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have released a comprehensive set of data standards to help standardize definitions and set the framework to capture and better understand how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health. […]