What were the main findings? Among adults ≥55 years of age with established cardiovascular disease or high-risk diabetes mellitus, women had ≈20% lower adjusted annual risk of the combined end point ...

A new risk calculator accurately identified participants who had calcium buildup in their heart arteries and those who had a higher future heart attack risk, in an analysis of about 7,000 adults in ...

Adult-onset type 1 diabetes is associated with an increased risk for death and major adverse cardiovascular events.

Cardiac imaging is central to the diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease, beyond symptoms and clinical risk factors, by providing objective evidence of myocardial ischaemia and ...

The risks for death and sudden cardiac death (SCD) are higher for male bodybuilders than amateurs, according to a study ...

You've likely heard about the importance of keeping your weight in a healthy range to protect your heart. But the number on the scale may not be telling the full story. Your waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) ...

Figure 1. Hazard ratios for the joint association of sitting time and physical activity with cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Data derived from appendix of Ekelund et al. 26 In summary, in ...

Heart failure is a progressive condition that occurs when the heart muscle is damaged and can no longer pump enough blood and oxygen to the body’s other organs. It’s extremely common in the US, with ...

Objective To externally evaluate the performance of QRISK3 for predicting 10 year risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the UK Biobank cohort. Methods We used data from the UK Biobank, a large-scale ...

Risk of heart failure (HF) has been shown to increase as body mass index (BMI) increases; however, BMI has limitations as an obesity measure. Over median follow-up of 13 years, waist-to-height ratio ...

A groundbreaking study identifies the most influential modifiable non-clinical risk factors for enhancing heart health. A new ...

Waist-to-height ratio predicts heart failure incidence, according to research presented today at Heart Failure 2025, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).