{"id":8078,"date":"2025-07-24T14:06:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=8078"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:06:55","slug":"more-than-a-number-sleep-quality-is-the-next-target-for-cardiovascular-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/more-than-a-number-sleep-quality-is-the-next-target-for-cardiovascular-health\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than a Number: Sleep Quality Is the Next Target for Cardiovascular Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
More Than a Number: Sleep Quality Is the Next Target for Cardiovascular Health<\/div>\n
Published: July 22, 2025<\/div>\n
Source: Medscape<\/div>\n
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Key Takeaways:<\/div>\n
1. Sleep Duration Is Not Enough<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 The American Heart Association (AHA) added sleep duration (7\u20139 hours) to its heart health checklist in 2022.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 But new research shows quality, consistency, and timing of sleep matter just as much.<\/span><\/div>\n
2. Irregular Sleep Increases Heart Risk<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 People with inconsistent sleep patterns have a higher risk of coronary artery calcium, a marker of heart disease.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 \u201cNight owls\u201d (evening chronotypes) may have signs of unhealthy heart remodeling.<\/span><\/div>\n
3. Poor Sleep Affects Teens Too<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Short sleep in adolescents is linked to heart structure changes and liver fat, suggesting early health risks.<\/span><\/div>\n
4. Sleep Health Is Multidimensional<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 AHA\u2019s updated definition includes:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Sleep duration, timing, regularity<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Daytime functioning and satisfaction<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Ability to fall and stay asleep (continuity)<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Sleep stages (architecture)<\/span><\/div>\n
5. Bad Sleep Harms Blood Vessels<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Sleep restriction causes oxidative stress and inflammation, damaging arteries and suppressing the immune system.<\/span><\/div>\n
6. Ties Between Sleep and Eating Habits<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Irregular sleep affects when and what people eat, adding to cardiovascular risks.<\/span><\/div>\n
7. Sleep = Modifiable Risk Factor<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Cardiologists should treat poor sleep like high blood pressure or cholesterol \u2014 a risk factor they can act on.<\/span><\/div>\n
8. Start with a Simple Question<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Doctors should ask: \u201cHow\u2019s your sleep?\u201d to open meaningful conversations with patients.<\/span><\/div>\n
9. Clinical Guidelines Still Needed<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 The AHA statement doesn\u2019t yet give treatment rules but encourages research on how improving sleep affects the heart.<\/span><\/div>\n
10. Bottom Line:<\/span><\/div>\n
\u2022 Sleep is not just a number \u2014 it\u2019s the next major focus in preventing heart disease.<\/span><\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.medscape.com\/viewarticle\/more-than-a-number-sleep-quality-heart-2025<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More Than a Number: Sleep Quality Is the Next Target for Cardiovascular Health Published: July 22, 2025 Source: Medscape Key Takeaways: 1. Sleep Duration Is Not Enough \u2022 The American Heart Association (AHA) added sleep duration (7\u20139 hours) to its heart health checklist in 2022. \u2022 But new research shows quality, consistency, and timing of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8079,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8078\/revisions\/8079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}