Providing quality care for patients at risk for cardiovascular disease relies on improving both identification and properly medicating those patients at highest risk. An Australian-based randomized cluster study succeeded on increasing one part of that equation, but not the other. 

More than one in 10 patients enrolled in a cardiovascular registry take aspirin inappropriately, according to a study published in the Jan. 20 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Moonlighting by cardiology fellows can be illuminating or detrimental, depending on the job and the fatigue level, observed the author of a column for early career cardiologists.

The British Heart Foundation estimates that 7 million people in the United Kingdom live with cardiovascular disease. Here is a breakdown of the National Health Service’s expenditures on cardiovascular disease in England.

Mix, mash or munch. You choose. A study published online Jan. 7 gave blueberries a thumbs up for reducing hypertension in postmenopausal women.

A meta-analysis confirmed that women equally benefit from the use of statins. The study published online Jan. 9 in The Lancet found that statin use reduced risks for major vascular events by 21 percent per 1 mmol/L reduction in low density lipoprotein cholesterol in both sexes.

An avocado a day could keep cholesterol-related heart disease risks at bay, according to the findings of a study published online Jan. 9 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. 

Validated in 5,000-patient study, Stanford University Science behind MIRISK Predicts Possibility of Heart Attack 5 Years before Event