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Most major CV guidelines mention but do not incorporate shared decision-making

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By Regina Shaffer

Approximately half of all guidelines published by three major CV societies during the past decade mention “shared decision-making,” yet just 6% of recommendations incorporated shared decision-making in any form, researchers reported.

In a cross-sectional study that assessed 65 CV guidelines published by international CV societies, 51% broadly supported the importance of shared decision-making; however, among 170 recommendations that incorporated the phrase, most “merely noted the importance of patient preferences,” Ricky D. Turgeon, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, ACPR, clinical pharmacy specialist and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Canada, told Healio. Read the full article in Healio.

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Adolescent, young adult survivors of kidney cancer at high risk for cardiovascular disease

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By Jennifer Southall

Adolescent and young adult survivors of kidney cancer appeared at significantly increased risk for left ventricular ejection fraction, according to study results published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.

Nearly half of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) treated with sorafenib (Nexavar, Bayer) and one-third of those treated with sunitinib (Sutent, Pfizer) developed hypertension, researchers noted.
Read the full article in Healio.

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Can an Apple a Day Keep the Heart Disease Away?

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— Greater physician education on nutrition and counseling can help prevent cardiovascular disease

The U.S. has had the same leading cause of death since 1921. Today, one person in America dies every 34 seconds from this disease. This disease doesn’t care about your demographics — men, women, and most racial and ethnic groups are all affected. The disease in question is none other than heart disease.

We’re surrounded by daily advertisements for methods of combating heart disease. Additionally, the U.S. spends around $229 billion annually in heart-disease related healthcare services, medicine, and lost productivity due to death. The good news? This disease is largely preventable. Read the full story in MedPage Today.

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Sleep apnea-related mortality continuously increased in Black men in US over past 2 decades

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A new study published in Sleep Medicine highlights an uptrend in sleep-related mortality and associated cardiovascular disease outcomes among Black men in the U.S.

“Overall, a steady increase in mortality was seen from 1999 to 2008, but the rate remained flat throughout the remainder of the study period. This pattern was observed in Black females and both genders for whites. However, Black males are the only demographic group that had a continuous increase in mortality between 1999 and 2019,”Yu-Che Lee,MD, MPH, resident physician in the department of medicine at the University of Buffalo-Catholic Health System, New York, and colleagues wrote. Read the story in Healio.

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