14/February/2022 Top Medical Bulletin

Here are today's top medical stories

Cardiogenic shock to increase the risks of myocardial infarction

Cardiogenic shock is a serious concern and fatal, ones heart suddenly can't pump enough blood to meet their body's needs. The condition is most often caused by a severe heart attack, but not everyone who has a heart attack has cardiogenic shock. In a recent study the, prevalence of cardiogenic shock in Non ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction has increased 2-foldwhile in-hospital mortality has decreased during the study period. Study findings published in American Heart Journal concluded that use of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention increased during this period.

Stress and night time elevated Blood Pressure a serious concern

Sleep and health are said to have a long lasting connection, people under stress and blood pressure problems have a lot of trouble sleeping. In individuals with regular sleep-wake patterns, highest blood pressure occurs during the daytime while awake and the lowest blood pressure occurs during night time while asleep. A study in American Heart Journal Plus: Cardiology Research and Practice revealed that reduced blood pressure dipping or elevated nighttime blood pressure, are associated with increased risk for adverse cardiovascular events. Psychological stress is associated with abnormal diurnal patterns of blood pressure.

Drugs like cocaine and heroine to affect resting cardiovascular function

Drugs influence cardiac health to a greater extent, death due to overdosing has become most common.Cocaine and heroin cause increasingly a rise of modest variance in resting bradycardia and QT interval. Clinicians should first consider demographics and recent use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis before assuming cocaine and heroin affect these measure, according to a study in International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention. The findings conclude Cardiovascular disease has been increasingly linked to regular use of cocaine and heroin but other demographics like tobacco and alcohol  must also be considered for better evaluation.

Family history linked to occurrence of stroke

Stroke management is crucial with increasing number of incidences. A post hoc analysis in Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases found that family history of cardiovascular disease i.e history of coronary heart disease (CHD) or stroke among first-degree relatives including parents, children, and siblings (same parents) were at increased risk of stroke recurrence even under primary secondary prevention treatment.

Previous studies report paternal or sibling stroke was associated with increased risk of offspring stroke. Whether family history of cardiovascular disease predicts risk of stroke recurrence remains unclear.

Genetic similarity in Covid-19 variants increases risk of pregnancy hypertension

Covid -19 continues to threaten with much higher higher complications. Hypertension is the most prevalent comorbidities in patients with COVID-19, with a higher mortality risk when comparing with non-hypertensives, it has been not long since the break of COVID-19, the long-term effect of COVID-19 on hypertension disorders in pregnancy may not be reflected clearly. However a study in Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health provided direct evidence that there is a shared genetic predisposition so that patients infected with COVID-19 may be causally associated with increased risk of hypertension disorders in pregnancy.