Topic: American College Of Cardiology

'Pre-diabetes' raises risk of heart attack, stroke

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A set of conditions known to accompany or portend type 2 diabetes, including obesity and high blood sugar, could more than double a person's risk of developing heart disease, according to a new study.Further, the findings suggest ...
In patients with impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors, neither valsartan nor nateglinide reduces the incidence of cardiovascular outcome measures, but valsartan does lead to a modest reduction in the incidence of diabetes, according to the results of ...

Test Category - 122010

March 15, 2010 In patients with impaired glucose tolerance and cardiovascular disease or cardiovascular risk factors, neither valsartan nor nateglinide reduces the incidence of cardiovascular outcome measures, but valsartan does lead to a modest reduction in the incidence of diabetes, according to ...
Diabetics who seek to aggressively lower their blood pressure and cholesterol are not reducing their risk of a heart attack and could suffer negative side effects, a study released Sunday said.The results of the landmark Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes ...

Glycemic targets revised

The article reports on the joint position statement of the American College of Cardiology, American Diabetes Association and American Heart Association regarding the intensive glycemic control in patients in the U.S. 26 Pharmacy Today march 2009 www.pharmacytoday.org T Glycemic targets revised Recent ...
High-glycemic carbohydrates may be linked to reduced flow-mediated dilation in overweight individuals, perhaps pointing to a connection between such foods and cardiovascular disease risk, according to research published in the June 16 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.. ...

Diabetics Have Different Plaque Qualities

In patients with acute coronary syndrome, those with diabetes have greater inflammatory status and more plaques with signs of vulnerability, according to research published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Young Joon Hong, M.D., Ph.D., ...

April 2008 Briefing - Cardiology

MONDAY, April 28 (HealthDay News) -- Among patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction since 1987, mortality rates and the use of some diagnostic procedures have changed with time and differ based on gender and race, according to study findings published in the May ...

July 2008 Briefing - Internal Medicine

TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalizations for heart failure in the United States increased from 1979 to nearly 4 million in 2004, with more hospitalizations for the elderly and increased costs to Medicare and Medicaid, according to a study in the ...

July 2008 Briefing - Cardiology

TUESDAY, July 29 (HealthDay News) -- Hospitalizations for heart failure in the United States increased from 1979 to nearly 4 million in 2004, with more hospitalizations for the elderly and increased costs to Medicare and Medicaid, according to a study in the ...