Cardiology

The Heart Failure Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting featured presentations exploring the benefits of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) for patients with heart failure.

Several posters presented at the Heart Failure Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting looked into the landscape of guideline-directed medical therapy.

Among patients with heart failure, researchers aimed to understand the association between social detriments of health and physical frailty.

Two posters presented at the Heart Failure Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting looked deeper into the topic of statin use in heart transplant recipients.

Researchers compared the cardiovascular outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure that did or did not experience diabetic emergencies.

Research presented at the Heart Failure Society of America 2024 Annual Meeting demonstrated that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) reduced cardiovascular events in patients without diabetes.

Angiotensin neprilysin inhibitors have shown to reduce the risk of death and hospitalization due to heat failure, but high prescription costs are a current barrier.

Vaccination against respiratory viruses such as RSV and the flu are crucial to prevent adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure.

Left ventricular ejection fraction, brain natriuretic peptide, and heart failure-related hospitalizations were among the improved metrics.

Researchers addressed the association between older individuals who received an influenza vaccine and their risk of stroke following vaccination.

Researchers analyzed the outcomes of positive airway pressure therapy for Medicare beneficiaries with obstructive sleep apnea.

A recent meta-analysis found that supplementing with vitamin D could improve blood pressure, blood lipid levels, and glycemic parameters.

Data from the SELECT clinical trial were analyzed to evaluate the role of semaglutide therapy on all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Findings were presented at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions in Chicago, Illinois.

Additional data will be presented at a scientific meeting later this year.

Final approval of the therapy may occur after expiration of the 3-year regulatory exclusivity for Tyvaso DPI on May 23, 2025.

Finerenone (Kerendia) was previously approved in 2021 to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death, non-fatal myocardial infarction, hospitalization for heart failure, sustained eGFR decline, and end-stage kidney disease in adult patients with chronic kidney disease associated with type 2 diabetes.

As clinical research continues, investigators are learning more about how GLP-1 drugs modify cardiovascular risks.

GLP-1 therapies are being evaluated to treat cardiovascular and kidney diseases in individuals with overweight or obesity.

Researchers aimed to discover whether pharmacist-led delivery of oral anticoagulation therapy can lead to an increase in stroke risk reduction for patients with actionable atrial fibrillation.

When used together, sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2is) and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) were able to lower the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and kidney disease by 11% and 33%, respectively.

Individuals who ate diets that aligned closer to DASH and Mediterranean guidelines had lower levels of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 and homocysteine biomarkers.

In 2 abstracts presented at ASCO 2024, researchers addressed the use of GLP-1s for weight loss and to reduce cardiovascular outcomes in women with breast cancer.

In a session presented at the 2024 Heart in Diabetes Conference, Neha Pagidipati, MD, MPH, discussed weight change and its effects on cardiovascular complications.

In abstracts presented at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting, researchers addressed the association between heart failure and multiple types of cancers.

While elevated BMI at baseline was not associated with increased cardiovascular risk, cumulative excess BMI was associated with an increased risk in people under 50.

After 24 weeks of participation in an AI-driven lifestyle coaching program, 78% of all participants achieved a clinically meaningful SBP reduction of 5 mm Hg or greater.

Semaglutide reduced the risk of major kidney disease and cardiovascular (CV) events, and death from any cause, while simultaneously decelerating the loss of kidney function, among patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and CKD compared to placebo.

Despite a wealth of knowledge, pharmacists are frequently not consulted as part of the decision-making team in atrial fibrillation management.

Japan’s health ministry has issued a warning to consumers regarding red yeast rice dietary supplements containing a red species of mold after 5 people died and more were hospitalized after consumption.