Vascular health

Forever Young at Heart: Aging and Cardiovascular Risk

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One of the hot topics from this year’s AHA21 Scientific Sessions main event was how to promote healthy vascular aging. Age is the strongest predictor for cardiovascular (CV) risk and risk factors such as genetic predisposition and hyperlipidemia increase CV risk. The general recommendations to reduce CV risk were elegantly presented by Dr Roger S. … Read more

A Few New Thoughts on the Road to Younger Arteries

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If you didn’t tune into #AHA21 “Novel Strategies to Promote Healthy Vascular Aging,” you missed an exciting area of health and wellness that many of us care about: how can we and our patients live longer with reduced cardiovascular disease burden? The AHA makes it “simple” with Life’s Simple 7 that includes 1) managing blood … Read more