Topic
Cardiovascular research, explained
8 open-access cardiovascular studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- COVID-19 death risk and comorbidities
In 31,461 US adults with COVID-19, older age, male sex, Black race, and several comorbidities including heart disease predicted higher mortality.
- OSA severity and cardiovascular risk
In >10,000 sleep-study patients, higher apnea–hypopnea burden predicted cardiovascular events and death over years of follow-up.
- Literacy-friendly HF self-care trial
A literacy-sensitive outpatient heart failure education program improved knowledge and self-efficacy but did not clearly cut hospitalizations or quality-of-life scores versus usual care.
- Does higher BMI causally raise heart disease risk?
Genetic instruments for BMI suggest a causal increase in ischemic heart disease risk larger than simple observational estimates.
- Olive oil intake and CVD risk
Higher olive oil intake tracked lower major CVD events and cardiovascular death in PREDIMED participants.
- How much dementia could prevention still avert?
In Rotterdam cohorts, about one quarter to one third of dementia cases were potentially attributable to modifiable risks—and that share did not shrink over two decades.
- How broadly does smoking raise heart and vessel disease risk?
In a large Australian cohort, current smoking raised risk across nearly all CVD subtypes—especially peripheral arterial disease—and quitting lowered risk.
- Phone telemonitoring after heart-failure flare
Home mobile-phone telemonitoring after acute heart-failure decompensation cut primary events and hospital days versus usual care.