Sophia Antipolis, 12 December 2016: European experts have called for frail patients to have tailored cardiac rehabilitation programmes in a paper published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.1 The call to action comes from the Cardiac Rehabilitation Section of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC), which is a registered branch of the

Authors recommend limiting physical activity in heavily polluted areas Leipzig, Germany – 9 December 2016: Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study in more than 16 000 patients presented today at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016.1 “This is the first human study to report an influence of air pollution on

Kochi, India 8 Dec 2016: Yoga reduces blood pressure in patients with prehypertension, according to a study presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of India (CSI). The congress is being held in Kochi, India, from 8 to 11 December. Experts from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) will present a special

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) welcomes and endorses the ‘Health at a Glance: Europe 2016’ report recently published by the OECD and the European Commission. “The report highlights gains in life expectancy across Europe,” said Prof. Peter Kearney, chair of the ESC Advocacy Committee. “But the report also points to areas that can and

Topic(s): Stroke Sophia Antipolis, France, 29 October 2016 – The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and its newly created Council on Stroke says World Stroke Day should be a wake-up call for people everywhere. Each year 6.5 million people die from stroke and another 10 million are permanently disabled. “The real tragedy is that most

Topic(s): HypertensionPreventionEnvironmental and Cardiovascular DiseasePublic Health & Health Policy Embargoed: 00.05 hrs (BST) Tuesday 25 October 2016 Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater incidence of high blood pressure, according to the largest study to investigate the effects of both air pollution and traffic noise by following over 41,000 people in five

Topic(s): Acute Cardiac Care Embargo: 16 October 2016 at 08:30 CEST Lisbon, Portugal – 16 October 2016: Twenty percent of emergency department (ED) visits are preventable, of which half are for cardiovascular disease, reveals research presented today at Acute Cardiovascular Care 2016.1 “We face an increasing phenomenon of crowding in emergency departments,” said last author

Topic(s): Myocardial DiseasePrevention Embargo 13 October 2016 at 13:30 CEST Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 October 2016: Levels of smoking are rising in heart attack patients in Argentina, according to a study presented today at the Argentine Congress of Cardiology (SAC 2016). The findings coincide with a 100% increase in affordability in the last decade, which

Topic(s): Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Rome, Italy – 30 August 2016: Caution has been urged in the use of blood pressure lowering treatment for heart disease patients after a study in more than 22 000 patients with coronary artery disease found that too low blood pressure was associated with worse outcomes. The analysis from the

Topic(s): Basic Sciences, Pharmacology, Genomics and Cardiovascular PathologyDiabetes and the HeartPrevention Rome, Italy – 29 Aug. 2016: Long-term exposure to the combination of even modestly lower LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) has the potential to “dramatically reduce” a person’s lifetime risk of cardiovascular disease, according to new findings reported at ESC Congress