Experiences with

Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

One difference between their group and ours, is that their group is where many of our members end up when we drop the ball and end up cardiovascular disease (CAD)! That's how I ended up there. And part of dropping that ball is not taking statins when needed.

I presume everyone here is aware of the "QRISK2 cardiovascular disease 10 year risk score" that GP surgeries provide. On NICE recommendations, if you score over 10% you are recommended to take statins.

This year it has increased to 5.16 and he has also completed a QRISK for cardiovascular disease, apparently my score is 19.31% which is moderate for a stroke or heart attack within 10 years. I have never been told about this before, is it something new?

From google: "After a year of treatment, people taking a daily dose of less than 5 mg prednisolone had twice their original risk of developing cardiovascular disease. People taking doses of more than 25 mg had six times their original risk of developing cardiovascular disease."

So I came across a recent follow-up study of 84000 post menopausal women (reported on the Zoe site) which suggests 2 or 3 portions of good quality dark chocolate a week reduces the risk of mortality, most notably from cardiovascular disease and dementia. Now that’s my kind of medicine!

Men with pc are more likely to get cvd than non sufferers, is this due to ADT when advanced pc is treated or are there other reasons

disease.

postscript: video explaining a 22-year follow-up study of thousands of patients in relation to cardiovascular disease in Pennsylvania, published in March 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nm-xIq7I2Q&t=19s postscript: sorry for my english language of google translator

disease risks are unclear.

cardiovascular disease events.

The British Cardiovascular Society has produced a joint statement with their affiliates, regarding the importance of addressing the inequalities women heart patients encounter. The report outlines the problems, along with giving recommendations from each affiliate, to hopefully address the problems

The latter observation is relevant because patients with cancer are considered a high cardiovascular disease risk population4 because of shared modifiable risk factors and, potentially, molecular mechanisms of disease, as postulated by the “common soil” hypothesis.5 The MD is abundant in foods that are

Following up on a link and discussion kindly provided by   Silvermedalearlier in another thread I came across very recently updated Guidelines for Secondary Prevention of CVD (dated July 2024), which is, using their own words, [i]Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) aims to reduce the

Hello Does anyone have knowledge or a view on the overall modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors and how they are ranked or weighted to the overall risk of developing cardiovascular disease or suffering a stroke heart attack?

I asked about how long I should sit out post ablation tachycardia on Saturday and got lots of very kind replies and many asking for an update. So I did go to A&E and after three hours was admitted to the A&E ward. HR was 95 but trying to convert back to normal speed. Doc kept me in for observation to

Well, after visits to Doctor and explaining recurring regular daily episodes and having an appointment this Wed for blood tests/ECG my heart decided it didn't want to wait until then. Nothing strenuous in the morning on Saturday and my daily walk in the afternoon, but as the episodes are daily I was

Hi I am posting here as have posted a lot about my a fib which thankfully has not happened for a few months now. Was feeling very happy about that until last week when pulsatile tinnitus began. I am hoping to find solace by hearing that others have it and are still alive. I know it’s telling me I have

Hi HUC. I highly recommend the Boots Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor (normal price £39.99). It's easy to use and tells you your blood pressure/pulse rate and if your heartbeat is irregular or normal. I bought one and have found it to be very accurate. Have a look on the Boots website - Enter 'monitor wrist

I just received these results i am just wondering if this is really high Just got results from NHS app after the doctors were closed LIPNF Serum cholesterol level 5.8 mmol/L Serum HDL cholesterol level 1.39 mmol/L [1.2 - 1.8] Serum non high density lipoprotein cholesterol level 4.44 mmol/L Serum

I wonder if anyone can advise me on the following - a bit of background - I have had AFib for the last few years - the vast majority of episodes required electric cardioversion to get back to NSR - I have had 11 of those. I have had four ablations - #1 lasted eight months. #2 was eleven months later