Medical Xpress October 31, 2025
More than 70% of people over 70 years old will one day develop cardiovascular disease, highlighting the need for effective diagnosis, treatment, and care for this population.
“When you ask older people with cardiovascular disease what their top health priority is, they will often tell you that it is maintaining cognition and preventing dementia,” says Michael Nanna, MD, MHS, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine). “However, we have very little research in this space.”
Nanna recently published an article in the Journal of the American Heart Association to introduce new, validated models to estimate an older person’s risk of cognitive impairment and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), a common heart disease that predominantly affects older adults.
Nanna spoke about his recent...
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