Stroke risk factors, genetics, and prevention

AK Boehme, C Esenwa, MSV Elkind - Circulation research, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Stroke is a heterogeneous syndrome, and determining risk factors and treatment depends
on the specific pathogenesis of stroke. Risk factors for stroke can be categorized as …

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease in older adults: current status and future directions

JB Halter, N Musi, F McFarland Horne, JP Crandall… - Diabetes, 2014 - Am Diabetes Assoc
The prevalence of diabetes increases with age, driven in part by an absolute increase in
incidence among adults aged 65 years and older. Individuals with diabetes are at higher risk …

2021 ACC/AHA/SCAI guideline for coronary artery revascularization: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on …

Writing Committee Members, JS Lawton… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - jacc.org
Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

Sex differences in blood pressure trajectories over the life course

H Ji, A Kim, JE Ebinger, TJ Niiranen… - JAMA …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance If we assume that women and men exhibit variations of the same fundamental
vascular physiology, then conventional analyses of subclinical measures would suggest that …

Guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

JF Meschia, C Bushnell, B Boden-Albala, LT Braun… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
The aim of this updated statement is to provide comprehensive and timely evidence-based
recommendations on the prevention of stroke among individuals who have not previously …

Sex differences in lifetime risk and first manifestation of cardiovascular disease: prospective population based cohort study

MJG Leening, BS Ferket, EW Steyerberg, M Kavousi… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate differences in first manifestations of cardiovascular disease between
men and women in a competing risks framework. Design Prospective population based …

National differences in trends for heart failure hospitalizations by sex and race/ethnicity

B Ziaeian, GF Kominski, MK Ong, VM Mays… - … quality and outcomes, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—National heart failure (HF) hospitalization rates have not been appropriately
age standardized by sex or race/ethnicity. Reporting hospital utilization trends by subgroup …

Genomics-first evaluation of heart disease associated with titin-truncating variants

CM Haggerty, SM Damrauer, MG Levin, D Birtwell… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Truncating variants in the Titin gene (TTNtvs) are common in individuals with
idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). However, a comprehensive genomics-first …

Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in US adults: changes over time and by demographic

JS Davis, HY Lee, J Kim, SM Advani, HL Peng… - Open …, 2017 - openheart.bmj.com
Objective Aspirin and non-aspirin non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are
preventive against cardiovascular disease (CVD) and several cancer types, but long-term …

Comparison of clinical characteristics and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy between African American and non–African American women

OC Irizarry, LD Levine, J Lewey, T Boyer, V Riis… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) disproportionately affects women of African
ancestry, but well-powered studies to explore differences in severity of disease and clinical …