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Cigarette Smoking, Quitting, and the Risk of Heart Failure With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction

[ad_1] For a study, researchers sought to measure the relationship between cigarette smoking and smoking cessation and the prevalence of HFpEF and HFrEF. They used multivariable Cox models to assess the associations of several established cigarette smoking parameters (smoking status, pack-years, intensity, duration, and years since cessation) with physician-adjudicated incident acute decompensated HF in 9,345 ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study White and Black participants without a history of HF at baseline in 2005 (age range 61-81 years). There were 1,215 incident HF patients with a median […]

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Chances of ‘Aneurysm Rupture’ can be reduced via some blood pressure medicines: Study

brain aneurysm, RAAS inhibitors, hypertension, health news

[ad_1] A recently published study has revealed that certain types of blood pressure-lowering medications can reduce the risk of aneurysm rupture by 18 percent. The multi-centre study was conducted by the American Heart Association on RAAS inhibitors on more than 3,000 people with high blood pressure and brain aneurysms. The findings of the new study were published in the journal, “Hypertension”. According to experts, an aneurysm is a bulging or weakening in the wall of an artery and if this occurs in an artery in the brain, […]

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