Arterial Stiffness and its Impact on Cardiovascular Health.

Purpose Of Review: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality globally. Identifying patients at risk is important to initiate preventive strategies. Over the last few decades, the role of the endothelium and its impact on arterial stiffness have been recognised as playing a pivotal role in cardiovascular disease.

Predictors of subclinical atherosclerosis and microalbuminuria in middle-aged women: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Cardiovascular disease is of increasing concern in women. The aim was to assess the role of clinical and anthropometric measures in the development of subclinical atherosclerosis.

Methods: A cross-sectional study in 203 Europid females to determine the prevalence of abnormal carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) and associated clinical parameters.

Six Months After the Patients Stayed Home: A Nationwide Study of Cardiac Mortality and Readmissions Following the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Malta.

Background The first COVID-19 wave resulted in a significant decline in acute cardiac admissions (ACAs) and delays to hospital presentation in Malta, as well as an excess of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The aim was to investigate the impact of the observed delays in presentation in 2020 on mortality and cardiac readmissions at six months. Methods All ACAs between 28th February and 30th April 2020 (first wave of COVID-19 in Malta) were included, and the corresponding 2019 period was used as a control.

Gestational Glycemic Parameters and Future Cardiometabolic Risk at Medium-Term Follow Up.

Objectives: Gestational diabetes is known to be associated with increased risk for future maternal cardiovascular disease. However, it is not known which gestational glycemic parameters mediate this risk. The study's aim was to assess the relationship between gestational glycemic parameters and gestational diabetes with future cardiometabolic status.