The Endocrinology Network® Cardiology clinical resource center is a hub of news related to cardiovascular health that is relevant to clinicians interested in endocrinology. This page will host relevant content about cardiology and cardiovascular disease including guideline updates, new studies and breakthroughs, and clinical perspectives for practicing clinicians.
November 29, 2022
An analysis of data from patients admitted to emergency departments from 7 hospitals in Sweden provide insight into the potential of blood glucose at admission for use as a biomarker to predict all-cause mortality and cardiovascular risk in patients without a history of diabetes.
November 28, 2022
An analysis of more than 800k women in Canada provides insight into the apparent increase in risk of incident cardiovascular disease associated with co-occurrence of gestational diabetes and gestational hypertensive disorders in pregnant women.
November 05, 2022
In this column, Gregory Weiss, MD, provides perspective on a recent study providing evidence in support of metformin as a potential therapeutic option for treatment of atrial fibrillation.
September 07, 2022
A study presented at EASD 22 comparing 600k patients with type 2 diabetes against 1.2 million controls suggests a diagnosis of T2D prior to turning 40 was associated with a more than 5-fold increase in risk of mortality, heart failure hospitalization, and coronary heart disease.
September 05, 2022
In his most recent column, Dr. Gregory Weiss provides perspective on recent data elucidating the links between insulin sensitivity, central adiposity, and atherosclerosis.
August 29, 2022
An analysis of the FIDELITY program from ESC Congress 2022 details an 11% reduction in risk of all-cause mortality and a 25% reduction in risk of sudden cardiac death among patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease.
August 23, 2022
An observational study of more than 300,000 with type 2 diabetes from Denmark suggests short-term use of NSAIDs was linked to a more than 40% increase in the likelihood of a first-time heart failure hospitalization.
August 12, 2022
A presentation by Christine Schumacher, PharmD, and Elizabeth Van Dril, PharmD, at ADCES examines the current state of heart failure management in patients with diabetes.
August 10, 2022
Called the DiaBeats algorithm, new research suggests leveraging the machine learning-based algorithm, combined with ECG recordings, could help predict increased risk of developing prediabetes and type 2 diabetes.
August 09, 2022
New research suggests there was a 53% greater 5-year risk of cardiovascular disease in men with type 2 diabetes who received a GnRH agonist for prostate cancer compared with their counterparts who did not receive GnRH agonists.