US approves WA-trialled drug
A high blood pressure medication which was trialled by UWA has been approved for use in the United States. Read More...
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Vascular disease and rapid weight loss in older adults: a marker or manifestation?
Rapid weight loss in older people is defined as the involuntary decline in total body weight by >5% over a six to 12-month period. This magnitude of weight loss has been suggested by some to be an indicator of health status, and unintentional weight loss occurs in up to one in four community-dwelling frail older adults. Read More...
Effects of bariatric surgery on cardiovascular outcomes
Obesity is a major public health problem that is associated with serious comorbidities, including diabetes, dyslipidaemia, cancer and cardiovascular disease (CVD), with premature mortality. Its prevalence has been increasing over the past few decades and is a modern-day pandemic since 2012. Read More...
Lipid clinics: Time to stop chewing the fat?
The old adage that prevention is better than cure holds strong for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Accounting for 25% of all Australian deaths, CVD costs the Australian health system $12.7 billion annually, placing an enormous burden on individuals, their family and the economy. Read More...
Abdominal aortic aneurysms
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are still known as a ‘silent killer’ as they remain largely asymptomatic until they present with a leak or rupture. Ruptured AAA still have a high prehospital and in-patient mortality despite the advances in technology. Read More...
Strategies to reduce lifetime risk of cardiovascular events
Primary prevention of arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is a desirable but challenging goal to attain. Several strategies to delay the onset of clinically meaningful ASCVD have been proposed, however, clinical application of these strategies is patchy at best. Read More...
Aortic stenosis – a 2024 update
The aortic valve normally has three cusps, but an abnormal aortic valve from birth can be bicuspid (two cusps), unicuspid (one cusp) or quadricuspid (four cusps). Read More...
What we can learn from top five trials of 2023
Many trials are published each year, and it can be hard to keep up with their results and separate the proverbial wheat from the chaff. These are my takes on some major trials from last year. Read More...