Patients with rheumatic autoimmune disease at higher risk after MI

13.03.20151431
The risk of mortality was higher in patients with rheumatic autoimmune diseases at 30 days and 12 months following myocardial infarction, and patients faced lower rates of revascularization, according to recently published research.

Medical advice motivates patients to reduce sodium intake

12.03.20151392
U.S. adults who received dietary medical advice were more likely to make changes to monitor or reduce their sodium consumption than adults who were not advised about their consumption, researchers reported in a new study.

Patients with high genetic risk for CHD benefit most from statin therapy

11.03.20151876
Adults with the highest genetic risk for CHD derived the greatest benefits from statin therapy, regardless of traditional risk factors, according to new findings.

CPAP therapy reduces risk for repeat revascularization after PCI

10.03.20151531
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea was associated with an increased risk for repeat revascularization after percutaneous coronary intervention, while continuous positive airway pressure therapy reduced that risk, according to study results.

Paroxetine improves cardiac function in mice after myocardial infarction

05.03.20151522
After noticing that paroxetine, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor normally used to treat depression, stopped the progression of heart failure in mice, researchers have concluded that the drug could be reclassified for use in humans, investigators wrote in Science Translational Medicine.

Coffee drinking linked to lower subclinical atherosclerosis

04.03.20151925
Light to moderate coffee drinking – less than 5 cups per day – is associated with decreased coronary artery calcium, and thus decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to an analysis of a large cohort published online March 2 in Heart.

Study: No benefit from anticoagulant use in Beh?et’s disease

03.03.20151395
Patients with vascular manifestations of Beh?et’s disease who received treatment with anticoagulants did not benefit from the therapy given in addition to immunosuppressant drugs, according to results from study of practices in Turkish rheumatology clinics.
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