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The Hidden Cardiovascular Risks of Anabolic Steroid Abuse in Men and Women: Insights from a Danish Study

By MedXY 10/27/2025

This study highlights the association between illicit anabolic steroid use and adverse cardiovascular outcomes in both sexes, emphasizing the need for preventive strategies in recreational sports.

Cardiology news Respiratory

Early Intervention in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The Promise of Sotatercept in the First Year Post-Diagnosis

By MedXY 10/25/2025

This article reviews a phase 3 trial analyzing sotatercept's efficacy and safety in newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension patients, highlighting its potential to reduce clinical worsening early in the disease course.

Cardiology news Public Health

Warm and Cold Risks: How Temperature Variations Impact Mortality in Swedish Heart Failure Patients

By MedXY 10/24/2025

This study reveals that both low and high ambient temperatures significantly increase mortality risk among Swedish heart failure patients, highlighting the need for climate adaptation strategies in high-latitude regions.

Cardiology news Pediatrics

Innovations in Atrial Septal Defect Closure: Comparing Bioresorbable and Metallic Occluders

By MedXY 10/24/2025

This article reviews a landmark randomized trial demonstrating that bioresorbable occluders are noninferior to metallic ones in ASD closure, with implications for improved patient outcomes and device management.

Cardiology news Oncology

Predicting Heart Failure Risk in Women Treated for Breast Cancer: A New Clinical Tool

By MedXY 10/24/2025

A novel risk prediction model for 10-year heart failure or cardiomyopathy offers tailored cardiac management strategies for women undergoing breast cancer therapy.

Cardiology Neurology Orthopedics

Long-Term Outcomes of Extracranial Vertebral Artery Reconstruction in Managing Symptomatic Vertebral Artery In-Stent Restenosis or Occlusion

By MedXY 10/24/2025

This study evaluates the efficacy of vertebral artery reconstruction surgery versus medical therapy in reducing stroke recurrence and improving neurological outcomes over a ten-year period.

Cardiology Internal Medicine Rehabilitation Medicine

Integrating Obesity Management into Cardiac Rehabilitation: Challenges, Evidence, and Future Directions

By MedXY 10/24/2025

Obesity management in cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is underutilized despite its cardiovascular benefits. This review explores the evidence, complexities, patient perspectives, and healthcare provider attitudes, emphasizing tailored strategies to optimize care within CR programs.

AI Cardiology news Rehabilitation Medicine

Harnessing Wearable Technology to Boost Cardiac Rehabilitation Adherence in CHD Patients: Insights from a Randomized Trial

By MedXY 10/24/2025

This study evaluates how smartwatch-assisted home-based cardiac rehab improves exercise adherence and health outcomes in coronary heart disease patients.

AI Cardiology Internal Medicine news Rehabilitation Medicine

Revolutionizing Cardiac Rehab: The Impact of Wearable Technology and Online Coaching

By MedXY 10/24/2025

This review discusses a landmark study demonstrating how wearable devices and online coaching improve exercise capacity in coronary artery disease patients, highlighting advancements in remote cardiac rehabilitation.

Cardiology Rehabilitation Medicine

X-CircuiT versus Conventional Exercise in Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Non-Inferiority Randomized Trial for CAD Patients

By MedXY 10/23/2025

This randomized controlled non-inferiority trial demonstrates that X-CircuiT, a smartphone-guided multi-component exercise regime, is as effective and safe as conventional exercise in improving fitness in home-based cardiac rehabilitation for patients with coronary artery disease and risk factors.

Cardiology Public Health

Transportation Noise and Heart Disease: Updated Evidence and Implications from a 2025 Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/23/2025

An updated systematic review and meta-analysis reveals stronger associations between long-term transportation noise exposure and heart disease incidence and mortality, highlighting refined exposure–response relationships and implications for European public health policy.

Cardiology Public Health

Long-Term Exposure to Air and Road Traffic Noise Pollution Increases Risk of Valvular Heart Disease: Insights from a UK Biobank Prospective Study

By MedXY 10/23/2025

This review synthesizes recent evidence linking long-term air and noise pollution exposure with increased incidence of valvular heart disease, highlighting findings from a large UK Biobank cohort study, underlying mechanisms, and clinical implications.

Cardiology Neurology Specialties

Long-Term Stroke Risk in Healthy Women: The Predictive Role of hsCRP, LDL Cholesterol, and Lipoprotein(a)

By MedXY 10/22/2025

A 30-year prospective study reveals that elevated hsCRP, LDL cholesterol, and lipoprotein(a) levels independently and collectively increase the risk of ischaemic stroke in healthy women, advocating for early biomarker screening in stroke prevention.

Cardiology Family Medicine & Nutrition Specialties

Optimizing Food Insecurity Interventions to Lower Blood Pressure: Insights from the Healthy Food First Trial

By MedXY 10/21/2025

A factorial RCT in food-insecure adults with hypertension found that healthy food subsidies modestly reduced blood pressure compared with delivered food boxes, while lifestyle counseling and longer duration showed no added benefit.

Cardiology news Public Health

Active Monitoring for Atrial Fibrillation (AMALFI): Advancing Long-Term Remote Screening to Reduce Stroke Risk

By MedXY 10/21/2025

The AMALFI trial evaluates remote screening for asymptomatic atrial fibrillation in older adults to improve detection, anticoagulation use, and reduce stroke risk, with findings pending follow-up at 2.5 and 5 years.

Cardiology news Public Health

Remote ECG Patch Screening for Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation: Insights from the AMALFI Trial

By MedXY 10/21/2025

The AMALFI trial demonstrates that remote, mail-based 14-day ECG patch screening modestly increases long-term atrial fibrillation detection and anticoagulation use in older adults at stroke risk, with no observed reduction in stroke at 2.5 years.

Cardiology Pediatrics Specialties Transplantation

Everolimus and Low-Dose Tacrolimus Therapy After Pediatric Heart Transplant: Insights from a Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial

By MedXY 10/21/2025

This randomized trial evaluates the safety and efficacy of everolimus combined with low-dose tacrolimus versus standard immunosuppression in children 6 months post-heart transplant, highlighting comparable rejection rates, improved kidney function, and reduced CMV infection risk.

Cardiology Neurology news Specialties

Obicetrapib’s Role in Modulating Alzheimer’s Disease Biomarkers in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: A Landmark Clinical Study

By MedXY 10/21/2025

Obicetrapib, a CETP inhibitor, lowers Alzheimer’s biomarkers like p-tau217 in ASCVD patients, especially ApoE4 carriers, suggesting a potential preventive strategy for high-risk individuals.

Cardiology Family Medicine & Nutrition news Specialties

Dietary Patterns and Intracranial Atherosclerosis Risk in Elderly Patients With Hypertension or Myocardial Infarction: An Evidence-Based Review

By MedXY 10/21/2025

Healthy dietary patterns may reduce intracranial atherosclerosis severity in older adults with hypertension or prior myocardial infarction, suggesting diet's conditional protective role in vascular brain disease.

Cardiology Nephrology Specialties

Statin Therapy in Older Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease: Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Safety Profile in Hypercholesterolemic Patients

By MedXY 10/20/2025

This study demonstrates that statin therapy effectively reduces cardiovascular risk and all-cause mortality in older adults with chronic kidney disease and hypercholesterolemia, without increasing major adverse events, even in very elderly patients.