RSS Parrot

Deterioration in cognitive function precedes cardiovascular disease events in seniors

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-deterioration-cognitive-function-cardiovascular-disease.html

Published: April 28, 2026 20:40

For older adults, deterioration in cognitive function is seen prior to cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, according to a study published online April 20 in JAMA Network Open.

Bariatric surgery is associated with greater long-term heart risk reduction than weight-loss medications

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-bariatric-surgery-greater-term-heart.html

Published: April 28, 2026 18:00

A Mayo Clinic study has found that both metabolic and bariatric surgery and GLP-1 medications improve cardiovascular health in people with obesity, but surgery was associated with significantly greater reductions in long-term cardiovascular risk. The study…

Could a new tool for diabetes treatment be hiding in your spice cabinet?

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-tool-diabetes-treatment-spice-cabinet.html

Published: April 27, 2026 21:20

Curcumin, the compound that gives turmeric its striking yellow hue, is known for its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. A new study conducted in rats suggests it could also help ward off the cardiovascular damage caused by diabetes. Researchers…

Minimally invasive procedure outperforms drugs for advanced atrial fibrillation

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-minimally-invasive-procedure-outperforms-drugs.html

Published: April 27, 2026 18:00

A minimally invasive heart procedure may be a better first-line treatment than medication for people living with advanced forms of atrial fibrillation, according to a major international clinical trial led by researchers at the University of British…

Good cumulative cardiovascular health during young mid-adulthood associated with delayed cardiovascular disease, death

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-good-cumulative-cardiovascular-health-young.html

Published: April 27, 2026 17:40

The American Heart Association's Life's Essential 8 (LE8) score is a health tool, ranging from 0 to 100, that quantifies cardiovascular health (CVH) using information from eight lifestyle and risk factors, (body mass index, cholesterol, blood pressure,…

High-precision radiation can significantly reduce life-threatening arrhythmias

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-high-precision-significantly-life-threatening.html

Published: April 27, 2026 14:40

High-precision radiation therapy can significantly reduce the number of arrhythmia episodes in critically ill patients with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. This is demonstrated by the first large-scale prospective European registry study on so-called…

A new explanation for the rise in heart disease risk after menopause

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-explanation-heart-disease-menopause.html

Published: April 27, 2026 14:40

Virginia Tech scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute say the increased risk of cardiovascular disease after menopause may stem not only from declining hormone levels, but also from how those changes influence gene activity. In a new paper…

Noninvasive proton beam therapy may help treat dangerous heart rhythm disorder

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-noninvasive-proton-therapy-dangerous-heart.html

Published: April 27, 2026 14:20

Mayo Clinic researchers report that a highly targeted, noninvasive form of radiation therapy reduced episodes of a life-threatening heart rhythm disorder by nearly 80% in a first-in-human early feasibility study of patients with few remaining treatment…

Semaglutide improves vascular responsiveness to insulin

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-semaglutide-vascular-responsiveness-insulin.html

Published: April 27, 2026 08:20

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, known as GLP-1 drugs, are highly effective at helping people lose weight and substantially lower the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death from heart disease. A new study conducted in mice suggests that the…

As heart, kidney and metabolic health worsen, cancer risk may rise, research indicates

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-heart-kidney-metabolic-health-worsen.html

Published: April 27, 2026 05:00

People with advanced heart, kidney, and metabolic disease may face a higher risk of developing cancer, according to new research published in Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes. The combination of heart, kidney, and metabolic conditions (diabetes…

Daily blood pressure checks following birth could protect women after common pregnancy issue

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-daily-blood-pressure-birth-women.html

Published: April 26, 2026 19:00

Checking blood pressure daily at home could cut the risk of a future heart attack or stroke for new mothers who had high blood pressure during pregnancy, based on a study published in the journal Hypertension.

Space-grown heart tissue could uncover failure pathways and improve cardiac repair

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-space-grown-heart-tissue-uncover.html

Published: April 25, 2026 00:10

By studying and engineering heart tissue in the unique low-gravity environment of space, the laboratory of Arun Sharma, Ph.D., is uncovering new ways to protect and repair the failing heart. He addressed the 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of…

How different countries decide who gets a heart transplant

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-countries-heart-transplant.html

Published: April 25, 2026 00:00

As demand for heart transplants continues to far exceed the number of available donor hearts, experts at the 46th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) explored a critical question:…

More children are surviving long enough for heart transplants—but not enough hearts exist, say experts

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-children-surviving-heart-transplants-hearts.html

Published: April 25, 2026 00:00

Advances in pediatric heart care are helping more children survive long enough to receive a transplant—but a critical shortage of donor hearts means too many are still dying while they wait, experts warned at the International Society for Heart and Lung…

Rethinking newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-rethinking-newborn-screening-critical-congenital.html

Published: April 24, 2026 20:20

Critical congenital heart diseases, or CCHDs, are a group of life-threatening structural heart defects present at birth. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four babies born with a heart defect has a CCHD, and…

A blueprint for holistic cardiovascular implantable electronic device lead management and lifelong patient safety

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-blueprint-holistic-cardiovascular-implantable-electronic.html

Published: April 24, 2026 19:20

New evidence on cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) lead management and the burgeoning development of new CIED technologies have contributed to the field's rapid evolution in the last decade. The new "2026…

Algorithm using finger cuff technology detects moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis in African American patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-algorithm-finger-cuff-technology-moderate.html

Published: April 24, 2026 17:20

A novel detection algorithm spotted moderate-to-severe aortic stenosis (AS) with a sensitivity of 90.5% of all patients and 100% of African American patients. Researchers presented the late-breaking data at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography &…

Over past decade, congestive heart failure and heart rhythm-related cardiogenic shock deaths increased >10%: Data

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-decade-congestive-heart-failure-rhythm.html

Published: April 24, 2026 17:20

New data from the CDC WONDER database finds deaths from heart attack-related cardiogenic shock (CS) decreased between 1999 and 2020, but deaths linked to heart failure (HF) and abnormal heart rhythms have risen sharply since 2010, particularly among men.

Genetic study reveals likely cause of common heart valve defect

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-genetic-reveals-common-heart-valve.html

Published: April 24, 2026 13:20

New clues from genetic research may help explain what causes the most common heart defect present at birth. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska Institutet have identified rare DNA changes during fetal development that can lead…

Sudden deaths rose 30% across Europe in a decade, with sharper increase among women

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-sudden-deaths-rose-europe-decade.html

Published: April 24, 2026 12:40

From 2010 to 2020, there were over 2.5 million sudden deaths—natural unexpected deaths occurring within one hour of symptoms starting—in 26 European countries, suggests a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health—Europe.

Growing support for AI models in heart disease care and prevention

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ai-heart-disease.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:40

Digital transformation and artificial intelligence (AI) in health care requires a range of safeguards and standards to work well, but new research from Flinders University provides support for effective AI systems to improve cardiovascular care. The study…

COVID-19 and severe heart attack increase mortality by 25% after 1 year, more than double pre-pandemic rates

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-covid-severe-heart-mortality-year.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:00

Findings from the North American COVID-19 Myocardial Infarction (NACMI) registry demonstrate significantly higher one-year mortality rates in patients with COVID-19 and ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) compared to patients with STEMI alone. This…

Lipoprotein(a) linked to elevated cardiovascular risk despite standard treatment

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-lipoproteina-linked-elevated-cardiovascular-standard.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:00

New data analyzing more than 20,000 patients from three major NIH studies show that elevated Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is associated with residual cardiovascular risk and warrants aggressive risk reduction. Researchers presented the data at the Society for…

Radial arterial access demonstrates procedural safety for the treatment of peripheral artery disease

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-radial-arterial-access-procedural-safety.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:00

Results from the largest real-world propensity-matched comparison to date show that radial-to-peripheral (R2P) access achieves procedural success rates comparable to traditional common femoral artery (CFA) access for lower extremity peripheral artery…

Clopidogrel seems to outperform aspirin for secondary chronic maintenance therapy

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-clopidogrel-outperform-aspirin-secondary-chronic.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:00

New findings show that switching to clopidogrel, a blood thinner, alone after one year of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) leads to better outcomes than aspirin, even in patients at high risk of bleeding and those who had complex percutaneous coronary…

Novel blood return system cuts blood loss by 97% in pulmonary embolism procedure

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-blood-loss-pulmonary-embolism-procedure.html

Published: April 24, 2026 11:00

The first comparative analysis from the ENGULF (A Safety and Feasibility Single-Arm Study of a Novel Catheter Thrombectomy Device For the Treatment of Pulmonary Embolism) trial shows that using blood return during continuous aspiration thrombectomy…

Mechanical forces from the beating heart may help prevent cancer cell growth

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-mechanical-heart-cancer-cell-growth.html

Published: April 24, 2026 10:20

Scientists may have discovered another way the human body tries to protect itself from cancer. New research on mice suggests that the heart's constant beating may prevent tumor growth in cardiac tissue. Most organs are vulnerable to cancer, but the heart…

Improving cardiovascular risk prediction in Latin America and the Caribbean: SCORE2-LAC

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-cardiovascular-latin-america-caribbean-score2.html

Published: April 24, 2026 08:50

A preliminary model to improve the prediction of cardiovascular risk in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026, the annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a branch of the…

Why ancestry matters in the cardiac screening of elite soccer players

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-ancestry-cardiac-screening-elite-soccer.html

Published: April 24, 2026 06:50

Elite footballers of Black ethnicity show important ancestry-related differences in cardiac adaptation. These results were presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026, the annual congress of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), a…

Heat waves and cold waves are increasing cardiovascular events, analyses show

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-cold-cardiovascular-events-analyses.html

Published: April 24, 2026 05:10

Heat waves and cold waves are associated with increases in major cardiovascular events that are exacerbated by air pollution. Concerning results on the adverse impact of climate change and pollution on cardiovascular risk were presented at ESC Preventive…

Surgical innovation could provide thousands of children with new hearts valves that grow with them

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-surgical-thousands-children-hearts-valves.html

Published: April 24, 2026 00:10

A surgical innovation called partial heart transplantation could transform care for children with severe heart valve disease, allowing for thousands of additional valve transplants each year, according to a presentation delivered by Joseph Turek, MD,…

Emerging procedure reduces circulation concerns by 50% in patients with no-option chronic limb-threatening ischemia

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-emerging-procedure-circulation-patients-option.html

Published: April 23, 2026 22:00

Data from the PROMISE III trial suggest that chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI) patients with no other treatment options experienced significant quality of life (QoL) improvements after undergoing transcatheter arterialization of the deep veins…

New ST-elevation myocardial infarction protocol trial data provide deeper insight into patient outcomes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-st-elevation-myocardial-infarction-protocol.html

Published: April 23, 2026 19:20

Researchers recently presented data on the secondary endpoints of STEMI-DTU (ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Door-To-Unload) at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (SCAI) 2026 Scientific Sessions & Canadian Association of…

Genetic clues in 3,000 Indians reveal new lipid routes to cardiometabolic disease

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-genetic-clues-indians-reveal-lipid.html

Published: April 23, 2026 17:00

A study conducted in an Indian population has identified new molecular pathways that contribute to cardiovascular disease, which had not been reported previously in studies of Europeans. Dharambir Sanghera of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences…

Severe obesity may weaken heart muscle in common heart failure, but weight loss could help

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-severe-obesity-weaken-heart-muscle.html

Published: April 23, 2026 16:40

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type of heart failure experience weakened heart muscles, and that losing weight may reverse some of these effects.

TAVR Google searches surge over 300% in a decade: Corresponds with expanded adoption of transcatheter approaches

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-tavr-google-surge-decade-corresponds.html

Published: April 23, 2026 11:50

New research found that public interest in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) increased substantially over the last decade, with Google search volume rising by 340% from 2015 to 2025, while searches for SAVR (Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement)…

Minimally invasive treatment demonstrates sustained improvement for heart valve patients with limited options

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-minimally-invasive-treatment-sustained-heart.html

Published: April 23, 2026 10:00

Findings from the AltaValve Early Feasibility Study suggest that patients with a leaky mitral valve have sustained clinical benefits one year following atrial fixation Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement (TMVR). Researchers presented the late-breaking…

Shock initiative demonstrates over 70% survival in patients with cardiogenic shock

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-survival-patients-cardiogenic.html

Published: April 23, 2026 09:40

Findings from the Can Escalation Reduce Acute Myocardial Infarction Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock (CERAMICS) registry demonstrate that early use of a small heart pump improves outcomes in patients experiencing a severe form of heart failure called…

'Leave-nothing-behind' strategy works as well as drug-eluting stent for heart attack and chest pain patients

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-strategy-drug-eluting-stent-heart.html

Published: April 23, 2026 09:20

A new sub-study suggests that using a sirolimus-eluting balloon (SEB), a drug-coated balloon, can reduce the number of stents a patient may need, making it a safe and effective way to treat certain heart attacks or unstable chest pain.

Activity may be safer than thought for children with cardiomyopathy or ICDs

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-safer-thought-children-cardiomyopathy-icds.html

Published: April 23, 2026 09:13

Physical activity in children and teenagers with cardiomyopathy (conditions that affect the heart muscle's structure and function, impairing its ability to pump or fill effectively), as well as children with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)…

Minimally invasive percutaneous arterial bypass shows strong outcome regardless of distal vessel flow

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-minimally-invasive-percutaneous-arterial-bypass.html

Published: April 23, 2026 09:04

New findings from a DETOUR2 substudy show that minimally invasive percutaneous transmural arterial bypass (PTAB) may offer a promising alternative to traditional leg bypass surgery for patients with complex peripheral arterial disease (PAD), even when…

Early 'heart training' surgery can activate the body's own regenerative mechanisms

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-early-heart-surgery-body-regenerative.html

Published: April 22, 2026 22:00

Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical constriction of the pulmonary artery has been introduced as an innovative approach to deliberately "train" the heart. Researchers…

This routine heart scan sees the danger coming long before symptoms strike

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-routine-heart-scan-danger-symptoms.html

Published: April 22, 2026 20:20

A routine heart scan might soon do more than just check for clogged arteries; it could act as a crystal ball for your cardiac health. Researchers at Kumamoto University have revealed that by combining two specific markers from a standard cardiac Computed…

How an anti-inflammatory drug helps the heart after a heart attack

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-anti-inflammatory-drug-heart.html

Published: April 22, 2026 17:50

Every day, thousands of people worldwide suffer a heart attack, often leading to lasting damage to the heart muscle. Recent research from the University of Oslo suggests that targeting inflammation in the body helps protect the heart and improve recovery…

Low-dose triple-pill cuts risk of recurrent stroke by about 40%, global trial shows

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-dose-triple-pill-recurrent-global.html

Published: April 22, 2026 17:00

Treatment with GMRx2, a single pill combination of three low-dose blood pressure medicines, significantly reduced the risk of another stroke in patients with intracerebral hemorrhage and high blood pressure. Results from the TRIDENT randomized controlled…

Yoga for obesity: What 30 studies say about blood pressure, cholesterol and weekly exercise

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-yoga-obesity-blood-pressure-cholesterol.html

Published: April 22, 2026 14:00

Practicing yoga could help people with overweight or obesity improve their cardiometabolic health, according to a study published in PLOS Global Public Health by Widya Wasityastuti from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and colleagues. Yoga is a…

Midlife fitness linked to longer, healthier lives

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-midlife-linked-longer-healthier.html

Published: April 22, 2026 12:40

How fit you are in midlife may help determine not just how long you live, but how many of those years are spent in good health, according to a new study published today in the JACC. The study found that adults with higher levels of cardiorespiratory…

Behind pro wrestling's spectacle lies a deadly toll few fans ever see coming

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-04-pro-spectacle-deadly-toll-fans.html

Published: April 22, 2026 12:20

Professional wrestlers die nearly three years earlier than people of the same age and sex, new research from Macquarie University shows. The findings are published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The study—the largest of its…