Hospital Volumes Slashed by More Than Half During Pandemic
As US hospitals begin to reopen for elective procedures, a new report outlines the damage that the COVID-19 pandemic has done to the facilities' patient volumes and revenues.
COVID-19: AHA Guidance on Hypertension, Latest on Angiotensin Link
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued new guidance for patients with hypertension during the COVID-19 outbreak. At the same time, several new review articles have been published further exploring the possible relationship between the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) and the virus.
ACC Clinical Bulletin Focuses on Cardiac Implications of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
The bulletin provides background on the epidemic, which was first reported in late December 2019, and looks at early cardiac implications from case reports.
Eating An Egg A Day Is A-OK, Despite Heart Disease History, New Study Suggests
Interest in high-protein and high-fat diets like the keto diet keeps growing, but concerns about the health effects of many foods on those diets remain high. For at least one of those foods—the simple protein-packed egg—a new, large-scale study suggests that devouring one a day is fine for most people, even those with a history of heart disease.
Marijuana may cause the same cardiovascular damage as cigarettes
More than two million Americans with heart disease are using or have used marijuana - and it could put them at risk of dangerously heavy bleeding and other complications, a new study warns.
Don't Stop the Statin! Christopher P. Cannon
Lipid lowering with statins is one of the most beneficial therapies in cardiovascular medicine, with evidence from hundreds of randomized clinical trials, including >25 large cardiovascular outcomes trials in the Cholesterol Treatment Trialists (CTT) collaboration.
Expert point of view
Strategies to Overcome Residual Risk During Statins Era
PreHT 2020|Vilnius | Lithuania | 2-5 April 2020
7th International Conference on Prehypertension, Hypertension, Metabolic Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease (PreHT 2020)