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Assessment of pericoronary fat volume and attenuation index showed potential for diagnosis and assessment of coronary heart disease, but not necessarily coronary lesions.

Atherosclerotic risk factors present in children as young as 29 days are associated with significant risk for arterial ischemic stroke in the fourth and fifth decades of life, a new study suggests.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at greater risk for infection if theyre treated with tofacitinib than with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi), according to an industry-funded study.

South Asians, from India and elsewhere on the subcontinent, living in America have a higher risk of dying from atherosclerotic disease plus type 2 diabetes than other Americans.

An investigational drug targets the adipocyte to treat insulin resistance. The drug restores glucose absorption in animal models and could provide a new approach to type 2 diabetes.

A Mendelian randomization study appears to exonerate very low LDL-C but not therapies from altering cognition.

Patients prescribed medicines for asymptomatic conditions are far less likely to be adherent than those prescribed medicines for symptomatic conditions, according to a retrospective analysis.

Practice should more often heed FDA-recommended rosuvastatin dosages for patients with severe chronic kidney disease and step up monitoring for renal safety in such cases, experts say.

Similar benefits were seen with low, moderate, and high statin doses, as well as in cases of both mild and severe acute pancreatitis.

In a national study, investigators found that historical discriminatory housing practices were associated with higher modern-day cardiovascular disease and related risk factors.