In individuals with stable angina, a normal coronary CT angiography-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) test result identified participants with a low 3-year risk of all-cause death or nonfatal spontaneous myocardial infarction (MI), including in patients with high coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, according to a study published in Radiology "CT angiography is the first step in identifying the presence of coronary artery disease, but it doesn’t show the impact on blood flow in the arteries," said Kristian T. Madsen, MD, University Hospital of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark. "Turbu...
By Denise Baez , DG News Among older adults with hypertension, use of antihypertensive medication was associated with decreased dementia risk compared with individuals with untreated hypertension through all ages in late life, and those on antihyp...
AIM An important characteristic of glucose-lowering therapies (GLTs) is their ability to prevent cardiovascular complications. We aimed to investigate the cardiorenal efficacy and general safety of GLTs. MATERIALS AND METHODS Multicentre, ra