Gout flares associated with a transient increase in subsequent risk of cardiovascular events
1. Amongst patients with gout, those who experienced a cardiovascular event were likely to have recently experienced a preceding gout ...
Tag: cardiovascular events
Primary hyperparathyroidism associated with an increased risk of fractures and cardiovascular events
1. In this cohort study, among 16 374 Swedish adult patients with primary hyperparathyroidism, the risk hip fracture was increased ...
Tofacitinib increases cardiovascular and cancer risk in rheumatoid arthritis
1. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with tofacitinib showed a higher risk of developing major adverse cardiovascular events and ...
Tirzepatide is superior to insulin glargine for management of type 2 diabetes and elevated cardiovascular risk
1. From baseline to 52 weeks, tirzepatide resulted in a greater reduction in mean HbA1c levels compared to insulin glargine. ...
Empaglifozin reduces death in heart failure patients with preserved ejection fraction
1. Empaglifozin treatment was shown to have reduced rates of cardiovascular death or hospitalization in patients with heart failure and ...
De-escalation with clopidogrel may reduce bleeding events in patients with recent percutaneous coronary intervention
1. 12-months after randomization, the de-escalation group met the criteria for superiority (p=0.0001) with respect to the composite primary outcome ...
Long-term enzyme-inducing antiseizure medication use associated with elevated hazard of incident cardiovascular disease
1. In this cohort study, there was a dose-dependent association between enzyme-inducing antiseizure medication use and an elevated hazard of ...
COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk for acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke
1. Risk of acute myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke was increased during the first two weeks following a COVID-19 infection ...
Conventional cardiovascular risk assessments may overestimate risk in populations with widespread diabetes screening guidelines
1. Widespread diabetes screening helps to identify asymptomatic patients with preserved renal function and low diabetes-associated cardiovascular risk. 2. New ...
Discontinuation of statins in older patients with polypharmacy associated with increased cardiovascular events
1. Older patients with polypharmacy who discontinued statins had increased rates of admissions for heart failure, all-cause emergency hospital admissions, ...
