CardioExchange Archive

March 4th, 2013

Veterans Study Finds HIV to Be an Independent Risk Factor for MI

Larry Husten, PHD

Although it has long been suspected that people with the HIV virus are at increased risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease, reliable data has not been available. Now a new study published online in JAMA Internal Medicine provides a much clearer picture of the relationship between CV disease and HIV. Matthew Freiberg and colleagues analyzed data from 82,459 HIV-positive and matched […]

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August 21st, 2012

Cardiovascular Risk Prediction: Two More Studies, Little Progress

Larry Husten, PHD

Two studies published in JAMA provide new data — and, perhaps, some additional clarity — about using additional markers to help improve risk prediction for coronary heart disease (CHD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). In one study, Joseph Yeboah and colleagues used data from 1330 intermediate-risk participants in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)  to analyze the prognostic value […]

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July 21st, 2011

Carotid IMT Provides Modest Improvement to Risk Prediction

Larry Husten, PHD

Measurement of the maximum intima–media thickness (IMT) of the internal carotid artery (CA) can modestly improve cardiovascular risk prediction, according to a new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Joseph Polak and colleagues measured the mean IMT of the common CA and the maximum IMT of the internal CA of 2965 subjects […]

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