The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new indication for Jardiance (empagliflozin) to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death in adult patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease. ‘Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus,’ said Jean-Marc Guettier, MD, CM, Director of [...]
NICE has published draft guidance recommending anti-clotting drug ticagrelor 60mg with aspirin for people who have had a heart attack. In 2012/13 there were around 140,000 hospital admissions for heart attacks in England. Heart attacks and strokes are caused by the build-up of fatty material in artery walls to form a plaque. If the plaque [...]
An international collaboration of scientists has carried out a large-scale study looking at whether the use of antithrombotic drugs such as aspirin and warfarin prior to a stroke leads to a better outcome. The team made up of academics from institutions from the UK, Canada and the US including the University of Aberdeen, University of [...]
Research has already shown that taking anabolic steroids is associated with high blood pressure and an increased risk of developing heart conditions, such as left ventricular hypertrophy (an enlarged heart). Now research, part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and presented at this year’s British Cardiovascular Society (BCS) conference, has shown that for some people, misusing [...]
The link between women with migraines and their increased risk of cardiovascular disease has been exposed in a new BMJ paper. Commenting on the research, Maureen Talbot, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHF), said, ‘This large study of young women over a number of years, shows an association between migraine and an increased [...]
Around 33,000 deaths could have been avoided if heart attack aftercare guidelines outlining when to give treatment were followed, according to a study funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), looking at the frequency of missed opportunities to treat people after a heart attack. A BHF-funded team [...]
Giving daily doses of statins for a few days before and after heart surgery does not prevent heart muscle damage or the development of atrial fibrillation (AF), according to an international clinical trial led by the University of Oxford and funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The trial, which is the largest of its [...]
NICE has published final draft guidance recommending two new treatment options for some people who have conditions that put them at extremely high risk of heart attacks or strokes. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) has responded to the news, stressing that further research into their long-term safety is needed before they are recommended more widely. [...]
Health authority NICE has recommended a new drug that could help transform the lives of people living in heart failure. Sacubiril valsartan is the first drug of its kind and will look to manage the symptoms of people in the UK with heart failure. In addition, it has the potential to reduce the more than 30,000 [...]
The American College of Physicians has reviewed over 3,000 studies to evaluate whether or not taking aspirin decreases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in adults aged 40 and over. Emily Reeve, Senior Cardiac Nurse at the British Heart Foundation (BHS), said, ‘If you have cardiovascular disease, particularly if you have experienced a heart attack [...]
