JACC: CardioOncology - Life's Essential 8 and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in US Women with Breast Cancer

10/15/24 • 2 min

In this episode, Dr. Tochi Okwuosa discusses a pivotal study examining the association between the Life Essential 8 cardiovascular health score and the incidence of cardiovascular disease in women with breast cancer. The research, which followed over 7,000 participants, found that higher scores correlated with significantly lower rates of cardiovascular events, underscoring the importance of cardiovascular health even in cancer patients and highlighting the need for future studies in more diverse populations.

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JACC: Cardiovasc Interventions - Failed Thrombus Aspiration and Reduced Myocardial Perfusion in Patients With STEMI and Large Thrombus Burden

Abdullah Al-Abcha, MD, social media editor of JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, and Sung Gyun Ahn, MD, PhD, discuss a recently published original research paper reporting the outcomes of failed thrombus aspiration in patients with STEMI and large thrombus burden.