Avocados for the Heart; Sad State of Cardio‐Obstetrics; CBD for Pulmonary HTN?

People who eat at least two servings of avocado per week have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease. (Harvard Heart Letter)

Scientists piloted a clinical polygenic risk score assay for diseases ranging from atrial fibrillation (Afib) to breast cancer. (Nature Medicine)

Use of low-dose edoxaban (Savaysa) was associated with reduced stroke risk and an insignificant increase in bleeding among older Afib patients at high bleeding risk, according to a subanalysis of a randomized trial. (JAMA Cardiology)

Afib patients who survived an intracerebral hemorrhage remained at very high risk of cerebrovascular ischemic events and death over the next year, registry data showed. (Stroke)

Mixing nitrates and PDE5 inhibitors may not necessarily be a bad idea for men with ischemic heart disease and erectile dysfunction, a Danish study found. (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Low-income pregnant women were three times more likely to suffer cardiovascular events in the 2 months after giving birth if they had had pregnancy-related cardiometabolic conditions. (Heart)

Meanwhile, training in cardio‐obstetrics is severely lacking in the U.S. (Journal of the American Heart Association)

Postmenopausal women with a history of infertility from the Women’s Health Initiative were more likely to suffer incident heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Considering quitting standard antiplatelet medications prematurely after angioplasty? Think again. (JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions)

Penumbra said its Indigo intelligent aspiration systems, featuring computer-aided suction for mechanical thrombectomy, are on the market in Europe after receiving the CE Mark.

People who were treated with surgical myectomy for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy reported gains in quality of life. (JAMA Network Open)

COVID-19 tends to be more severe for people at high cardiovascular risk, even those who don’t have existing cardiovascular disease, according to data that will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases.

Esperion announced that LDL cholesterol can be reduced by more than 25% with bempedoic acid with or without ezetimibe (Nexletol/Nexlizet) in patients not taking statins.

The American Heart Association called attention to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects approximately one in four adults and is a risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. (Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology)

The role of hemoglobin in atherosclerosis was supported by a study using serial coronary CT angiography to show a relationship between persistent low serum hemoglobin levels and greater coronary plaque volume change. (JACC: Asia)

A CBD product beat placebo in simulations of acute pulmonary hypertension, Lexaria Bioscience announced.