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• Drug-Gene Interactions Increase Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among Veterans Who Have Vascular Surgery
  This study aimed to determine the association of drug-gene interactions (DGIs) with postsurgical outcomes among VA hospital patients who were enrolled in the Million Veteran Program and received drugs impacted by pharmacogenetic variants 30 days prior to and up to 7 days following vascular surgery. Findings showed that Veterans with DGIs at the time of vascular surgery had a longer length of stay,...
  
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• Prolonged Deployment to Military Bases with Open Burn Pits Increases Risk of Adverse Health Outcomes
  This study sought to determine whether the duration of deployment to military bases with open burn pits was associated with an increased risk of diagnosed respiratory and cardiovascular disease. Findings showed that prolonged deployment to military bases with open burn pits may increase the risk of developing adverse health outcomes. For every 100 days of deployment to bases with burn pits, the ad...
  
  Date: April 25, 2024
• Individualized Provider Reminders Improve Statin Use and Adherence among Veterans with Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease
  This multi-site trial compared usual care to personalized reminders to providers in improving the use of high-intensity statins in Veterans with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Findings showed that centrally processed individualized reminders to providers led to a significant increase in high-intensity statin (HIS) use and statin adherence among Veterans with ASCVD. In the interven...
  
  Date: March 5, 2023
• Traumatic Brain Injury May Be a Potentially Novel Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in Veterans
  This study sought to determine the association between TBI and subsequent cardiovascular disease (CVD) in post-9/11 era Veterans. Findings showed that post-9/11 Veterans with mild TBI, moderate to severe TBI, and penetrating TBI were more likely to develop CVD compared to Veterans without TBI. Although the risk was highest shortly after injury, TBI remained significantly associated with CVD for ye...
  
  Date: September 6, 2022
• Excess Mortality Rates among Post-9/11 Veterans Compared with General US Population, Particularly among Veterans with TBI
  This study sought to assess the total all-cause and cause-specific mortality burden – and to estimate the total number of excess deaths among post-9/11 Veterans with and without exposure to traumatic brain injury (TBI) compared with the total US population. Findings showed that post-9/11 Veterans experienced excess all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with the total US population, which...
  
  Date: February 11, 2022

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• VA and DoD agree on a common set of practice guidelines for a specific group of health conditions. Learn more about those guidelines here. 
• Visit the VA's Office of Research & Development healthcare topic overview section to learn more about milestones in VA heart disease research, read research updates, and download research fact sheets.
• Visit the Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare and learn more about their research into aspects of heart disease.