Tag: AHA

PAD guideline update from ACC, AHA and others centres multispecialty care

New multisociety clinical practice guidelines for the management of lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have been published online in the Journal of the...
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Low-income patients found to receive low-intensity care for CLTI, associated with...

A recent study published in Circulation concerning patients with chronic limb-threatening ischaemia (CLTI) in the USA, has found that patients of low-income status and...

ReCor Medical announces consistent reduction of blood pressure in pooled analysis...

ReCor Medical and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices, announced consistent and significant blood pressure-lowering results across a range of patients with uncontrolled hypertension,...

SPYRAL HTN-ON MED study demonstrates meaningful clinical benefits consistent with other...

Medtronic has announced the six-month results from the full cohort of the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED clinical trial. The late-breaking data were presented at the...

“No pain, no gain” approach improves walking ability with peripheral arterial...

Walking for exercise at a pace that induced pain or discomfort improved walking ability among people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to new research...
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Amputation rates higher for people with PAD who are poor or...

Poverty and Black race were associated with higher rates of lower leg amputation among people with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) who live in metropolitan areas, according...

AHA scientific statement provides update on epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of...

The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a new scientific statement on lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD), focusing on contemporary epidemiology, management gaps,...

2021 ACC/AHA/SVM/ACP Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine published

It was recently announced that a 2021 Advanced Training Statement on Vascular Medicine, co-authored by the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart...
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Study identifies new genetic factors associated with AAA risk

The American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced the publication of a study identifying 14 new genes linked to an increased risk of abdominal aortic...
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Smoking cigarettes associated with increased risk of peripheral arterial disease in...

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely than those who do not smoke to develop peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to new research...
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Smoking cigarettes associated with increased risk of peripheral arterial disease in...

African Americans who smoke cigarettes are more likely than those who do not smoke to develop peripheral arterial disease (PAD), according to new research...