Top stories in cardiology: Sleep apnea may increase risk for hypertension, evolocumab reduces LDL - Healio

Among the top stories in cardiology last week was data showing that untreated moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea appeared to increase the odds for certain types of hypertension in black adults and evolocumab’s impact on some patients’ LDL rates.

Other popular stories included a study showing the benefits of using computed tomography angiography for suspected coronary artery disease, data finding self-reported BMI over time may predict future heart failure risk and a report examining how limited alcohol consumption impacted survival in incident heart failure. - by Janel Miller

Untreated sleep apnea may increase odds of hypertension in black adults

Untreated moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnea is related to increased odds of resistant hypertension in black adults, according to findings published in Circulation. Read more.

Evolocumab response rate high in FOURIER population

Most patients assigned the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab in the FOURIER CV outcomes trial responded to it, researchers reported in JAMA Cardiology. Read more.

CONSERVE: Selective referral using computed tomography angiography efficient for suspected coronary artery disease

Selective referrals of coronary computed tomography angiography were determined to be a more efficient and accurate method in guiding decisions of invasive coronary angiography for suspected coronary artery disease vs. a direct referral strategy, according to findings published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Imaging. Read more.

Self-reported BMI over time may predict future heart failure risk

Self-reported weights over time may provide prognostic information about future heart failure risk, incremental to current BMI, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association. Read more.

Limited alcohol consumption improves survival in incident heart failure

Patients with incident heart failure who limit their alcohol consumption have an improved rate of survival compared with people who abstain from alcohol over a long period of time, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Read more.

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