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American College of Cardiology urges heart attack, stroke patients to seek medical help
(American College of Cardiology) Through its CardioSmart patient initiative, the American College of Cardiology has issued guidance to encourage patients experiencing a heart attack or stroke to call 911. While hospitals across the United States are experiencing an influx of COVID-19 patients, clinicians are reportedly seeing fewer patients going to emergency rooms for heart attack or stroke. Experts worry that patients who need critical care are delaying their treatment over concerns about the novel coronavirus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - April 17, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

HIV patients at greater risk of both heart and kidney disease
(University of Adelaide) HIV patients and their doctors are urged to be more aware of the additional health risks associated with treated HIV infection. This follows new research that shows HIV patients at high risk for a heart attack or stroke are also at substantially greater risk for chronic kidney disease and vice versa.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - November 7, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

HIV patients have nearly twice the heart attack risk
(Northwestern University) Current methods to predict the risk of heart attack and stroke vastly underestimate the risk in individuals with HIV, which is nearly double that of the general population, reports a new study. The higher risk exists even when virus is undetectable in blood because of antiretroviral drugs. Accurately predicting risk is vital for preventive treatment.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 21, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Hospitalized for pneumonia? Your risk of cardiovascular disease is higher
This study is the first to show this association using only patients with no cardiovascular disease previous to their contracting pneumonia.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - January 20, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Antivirals for HCV improve kidney and cardiovascular diseases in diabetic patients
(Wiley) Researchers from Taiwan reveal that antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes for patients with diabetes. Results of the study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, show that incidences of kidney disease, stroke, and heart attack were lower in patients treated with pegylated interferon and ribavirin compared to HCV patients not treated with antivirals or diabetic patients not infected with the virus.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - December 11, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news