Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 18, 2023

adults have high cholesterol, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Untreated, high cholesterol can lead to heart disease and stroke, which are two of the top causes of death in the U.S. Nearly two in five U.S.

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American Heart News - Heart News

MARCH 8, 2024

tribal communities found that high cholesterol was twice as prevalent among American Indian adolescents and young adults compared to the overall U.S. Research Highlights: A study of more than 1,400 people in U.S. population. The study also noted that.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

APRIL 25, 2024

Cholesterol granuloma is a rare entity, which can develop in many regions of the body, accounting at most 1% of all mediastinal tumors. The gold standard choice of treatment for cholesterol granuloma is total surgical resection. Etiology of this granuloma is still not clearly understood.

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JAMA Cardiology

JANUARY 30, 2024

This pooled cohort study assesses the risk of coronary heart disease associated with familial hypercholesterolemia variants in individuals with moderately to severely elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 11, 2024

A new study reveals that immune cells in the liver react to high cholesterol levels and eat up excess cholesterol that can otherwise cause damage to arteries. The findings suggest that the response to the onset of atherosclerosis begins in the liver.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Cholesterol crystals (CCs) that grow and enlarge within the plaque core can cause plaque rupture and trigger inflammation as they deposit into the atherosclerotic bed. Method Different dosages of colchicine mixed with cholesterol (0.05–5 mg/ml/g These were compared to control samples with cholesterol in ddH 2 O without colchicine.

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Med Page Today

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- For kids with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HeFH) uncontrolled by statins, adding alirocumab (Praluent) reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), a randomized clinical trial showed. The PCSK9 inhibitor.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A recent trial of a novel gene-editing technique that lowered dangerously high cholesterol by up to 55% has generated talk of a new front opening against cardiovascular disease, which kills nearly 700,000 Americans each year and is the nation's leading cause of death.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

MARCH 27, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 28 March 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01021-1 A new study identifies a hormone that is secreted by the gut in response to cholesterol absorption and can inhibit cholesterol synthesis in the liver, which prevents an increase in circulating cholesterol levels.

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HCPLive

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Results call attention to the potential for early intervention and risk stratification for developing RA based on remnant cholesterol.

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Cholesterol 59

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 25, 2024

Cholesteryl esters—which consist of cholesterol molecules bonded with fatty acids—store and transport cholesterol throughout the body. A new study examining cholesteryl esters suggests that periods of prolonged inactivity may affect people differently depending on their age.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Research Highlights: While currently available PCSK9 inhibitor medications to lower cholesterol must be administered every few weeks by injection, a new, investigational PCSK9 inhibitor called recaticimab safely lowered bad cholesterol more than 50%.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 19, 2024

Noel Bairey Merz, MD, FACC, and Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH, FACC, discuss Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Testing Following MI Hospitalization Among Medicare Beneficiaries. In this interview, C.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Mediation analysis was used to test the indirect effect of serum cholesterol indicators on the association between RvD2 and ASCVD probability. Furthermore, this association is partially mediated by total cholesterol, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, and low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol. P<0.001).

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

BACKGROUND:Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) predicts cardiovascular disease independently of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels. Despite their very low plasma levels of HDL particles, these subjects had normal CEC.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 8, 2024

Lowering low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) is a cornerstone of reducing risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Genetically-predicted systolic blood pressure (SBP) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) increase the risk for coronary heart disease (CHD), independent of age, according to a study published online Dec. 20 in PLOS ONE.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Serum remnant lipoprotein particle cholesterol (RLP-C), which includes very-low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and its lipolytic products, contributes to atherosclerotic plaque formation. Novel methods for estimating RLP-C and VLDL-cholesterol (VLDL-C) from a serum fasting lipid profile (FLP) have been proposed (Figure).1,2,3We

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

JANUARY 8, 2024

Remnant cholesterol (RC) is implicated in the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, comprehensive population-based studies elucidating its association with aortic valve calcium (AVC) progression are limited.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

MARCH 19, 2024

The health significance of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, also known as remnant cholesterol, has been increasingly recognized. However, evidence of their associations with cause-specific mortality in the general population was previously insufficient.

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AMS Cardiology

JANUARY 21, 2023

We all want to be heart-healthy and ensuring our cholesterol levels are in the normal range is one of the most critical steps. High cholesterol can increase your risk of severe conditions like heart disease and heart attacks. Continue reading to learn four heart-healthy habits that can improve your cholesterol.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

JANUARY 5, 2024

Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between remnant cholesterol (RC) to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD).

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While currently available PCSK9 inhibitor medications to lower cholesterol must be administered every few weeks by injection, a new, investigational PCSK9 inhibitor called recaticimab safely lowered bad cholesterol more than 50% when injected every 1-3 months, depending on dose.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 19, 2024

BackgroundAortic stenosis has pathophysiological similarities with atherosclerosis, including the deposition of cholesterol‐containing lipoproteins. The resulting cholesterol crystals activate the NLRP3 (NOD‐like receptor protein 3) inflammasome, leading to inflammation and cardiovascular diseases. per 100 person‐years,P=0.01).

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Two recent studies have found drugs that can significantly lower genetic cholesterol levels.

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Cholesterol 40

HCPLive

MAY 1, 2024

Erin Michos, MD, delivers a comprehensive review of lipid management and its influence on cardiovascular disease, emphasizing recent studies that underscore the need for improved treatment strategies for high-risk patients.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 28, 2023

New research details the first oral drug for the treatment of a type of high cholesterol -- called Lp(a) -- that is a potentially more dangerous version of the so called 'bad' cholesterol, LDL, because it is stickier and may be more likely to cause blockages and blood clots in your arteries.

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HCPLive

MARCH 24, 2024

Presence of nephritis in SLE patients is linked to higher cardiovascular risk factors and 3-fold increase in incidence of cardiovascular mortality.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

JANUARY 17, 2024

A new study has hailed camel milk for its ability to lower heart disease risk among diabetics and help in the treatment of dyslipidemia.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

BACKGROUND:Recent studies have shown that remnant cholesterol (RC) is associated with incident heart failure; however, its association with left ventricular (LV) structure and function is unclear. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Volume 16, Issue 11 , Page e015589, November 1, 2023.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Background:Among patients treated with statin therapy to guideline-recommended cholesterol levels, residual inflammatory risk assessed by high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) is at least as strong a predictor of future cardiovascular events as is residual risk assessed by low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLC).

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Know Your Heart

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Controlling Cholesterol What is cholesterol? Cholesterol is a type of fat. Your body uses cholesterol to make hormones and to build and maintain nerve cells. However, when your body has too much cholesterol, deposits of fat in the blood called plaque form inside blood vessel walls. The blood vessel walls [.]

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

You may be familiar with high-density, or good cholesterol; low-density lipoproteins (LDL), or bad cholesterol; and their connections to heart health. Often that word gets skimmed over when talking about cholesterol levels. But what about triglycerides?

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Cholesterol 114

Science Daily - Heart Disease

MARCH 28, 2024

Whether you like your eggs sunny-side up, hard boiled or scrambled, many hesitate to eat them amid concerns that eggs may raise cholesterol levels and be bad for heart health.

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Cholesterol 122

Science Daily - Stroke

JULY 7, 2023

A novel molecular pathway to explain how a mutation in the gene ACTA2 can cause individuals in their 30s -- with normal cholesterol levels and no other risk factors -- to develop coronary artery disease has now been identified,

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

DECEMBER 10, 2023

What he looked at was a collection of people on very low carb ketogenic diets who also happened to have extremely high LDL cholesterol. The one major difference being that one group had high LDL cholesterol, and the other had “normal” LDL cholesterol. Abstract to be published shortly.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Are you trying to remember which fat is the good fat to use in the kitchen? If you are confused about whether to use unsaturated fats, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated or saturated fats when cooking, it's understandable. It can be confusing.

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