{"id":9428,"date":"2025-12-29T17:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9428"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:43:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T14:43:32","slug":"cold-weather-cardiovascular-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/cold-weather-cardiovascular-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold Weather &#038; Cardiovascular Risk."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Cold Weather &amp; Cardiovascular Risk.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Source: Medscape Medical News | Date: December 22, 2025<\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Cold increases CV risk: Higher rates of MI during cold spells (\u224810%\u2191; prolonged cold \u224818%\u2191).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Physiologic effects: Sympathetic activation \u2192 vasoconstriction, \u2191 BP (15\u201320 mm Hg), \u2191 HR.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Heart workload: Higher BP and resistance raise myocardial oxygen demand \u2192 angina\/MI risk.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Exercise + cold: Additive BP rise, especially with snow shoveling (up to +37 mm Hg).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 High-risk groups: ASCVD, heart failure, older adults, low fitness.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Key advice: Dress warmly, avoid strenuous outdoor exertion, limit alcohol.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span> \u2022 Red flags: Chest pain, dyspnea, left arm\/back pain, excessive sweating \u2192 seek care.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=dc18bc19d19a2318548b77402f58f4a334e65d19cd5d414d80b40996e2a176dfaae89590e5c6d65cbe5eddb8e507c57778274d3afc120760d1ec68ae77cc2671\">https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=dc18bc19d1<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=dc18bc19d19a2318548b77402f58f4a334e65d19cd5d414d80b40996e2a176dfaae89590e5c6d65cbe5eddb8e507c57778274d3afc120760d1ec68ae77cc2671\">9a2318548b77402f58f4a334e65d19cd5d414d80b40996e2a1<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/click.mail.medscape.com\/?qs=dc18bc19d19a2318548b77402f58f4a334e65d19cd5d414d80b40996e2a176dfaae89590e5c6d65cbe5eddb8e507c57778274d3afc120760d1ec68ae77cc2671\">76dfaae89590e5c6d65cbe5eddb8e507c57778274d3afc120760d1ec68ae77cc2671<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cold Weather &amp; Cardiovascular Risk. Source: Medscape Medical News | Date: December 22, 2025 \u2022 Cold increases CV risk: Higher rates of MI during cold spells (\u224810%\u2191; prolonged cold \u224818%\u2191). \u2022 Physiologic effects: Sympathetic activation \u2192 vasoconstriction, \u2191 BP (15\u201320 mm Hg), \u2191 HR. \u2022 Heart workload: Higher BP and resistance raise myocardial oxygen demand [&hellip;]<\/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-9428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9428","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=9428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9430,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9428\/revisions\/9430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}