Intermountain Health researchers find proactively screening diabetics for heart disease does not improve long-term mortality rates or reduce future cardiac events
Posts Tagged: heart disease
Intermountain Study Finds Air Pollution Increases Inflammation Primarily in Heart Disease Patients
Heart researchers at Intermountain Health find that patients with heart disease are especially vulnerable to the impacts of air pollution and poor air quality.
Intermountain Health Study Finds Coronary Calcium Scores Highly Effective to Identify Heart Disease

A new study from researchers at Intermountain Health finds coronary calcium scores highly effective in identifying heart disease in people without any known risk factors
ApoB Protein Testing May Be a More Accurate Marker for Heart Disease Than Cholesterol Alone
Getting tested for levels of HDL (the good) and LDL (the bad) cholesterol is part of the annual physical exam. But emerging research from Intermountain Health is showing that these standard tests may not be the most accurate way to test for heart disease risk. Instead, emerging data suggest that testing for levels of Apolipoprotein… Read more »
Heart Health and Pregnancy Recommendations From Intermountain Health

For women with a heart condition or other high-risk health condition who are considering pregnancy, the maternal fetal medicine experts at Intermountain Health say it is important to identify risk factors for heart disease and get those risks treated before pregnancy or very early in pregnancy. “More than 40% of reproductive age people who could become… Read more »