Women’s deep belly fat more strongly linked to diabetes and cardiovascular diseases
A comprehensive study from Uppsala University, with over 325,000 participants, shows that deep belly fat is a major contributing risk factor for developing diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The…
Diabetes and heart attack is a particularly risky combination
After a heart attack, patients with diabetes are at greater risk of heart failure and subsequent death than those without diabetes, according to late breaking results from the…
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator linked with lower mortality in heart failure
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) use is associated with reduced short- and long-term mortality in patients with heart failure, according to late breaking research presented at ESC Congress 2019 together…
Bypass surgery and coronary stenting yield comparable 10-year survival
Ten-year survival rates are similar for bypass surgery and coronary stenting with drug-eluting stents in randomised patients with de novo three-vessel and left main coronary artery disease, according…
Beta-blockers reduce death in patients with heart failure and moderate renal impairment
Beta-blockers remain effective for preventing death in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and sinus rhythm, even in patients with moderate or moderately-severe kidney dysfunction, according to…