{"id":9906,"date":"2026-04-22T14:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9906"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:07:05","slug":"calcium-supplements-recurrent-cvd-risk-jaha-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/calcium-supplements-recurrent-cvd-risk-jaha-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcium Supplements &#038; Recurrent CVD Risk (JAHA 2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calcium Supplements &amp; Recurrent CVD Risk (JAHA 2026)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060Calcium supplements in patients with established CVD<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 May \u2191 risk of recurrent events<\/p>\n<p>Study<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060N = 237,000+ CVD patients<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Real-world, propensity-matched analysis<\/p>\n<p>Key Findings<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Recurrent CV events (MI, stroke, CHD)<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Hospitalizations<\/p>\n<p>Risk modest but consistent (~10\u201320%)<\/p>\n<p>Critical Insight<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Calcium alone \u2192 \u2191 risk (HR ~1.2)<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Calcium + Vitamin D \u2192 no increased risk<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd0d Higher Risk In<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Men<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Higher doses (\u22651000 mg\/day)<br \/>\nMechanism (proposed)<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060Transient \u2191 serum calcium<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Vascular calcification<br \/>\n\u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Coagulability<\/p>\n<p>Take-home<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 Calcium supplements \u2260 benign in CVD patients<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 Avoid calcium alone<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 If needed \u2192 combine with Vitamin D<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/cvd-patients-calcium-supplements-may-spur-recurrent-events\">https:\/\/www.tctmd.com\/news\/cvd-patients-calcium-supplements-may-spur-recurrent-events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calcium Supplements &amp; Recurrent CVD Risk (JAHA 2026) \u2022\u2060 \u2060Calcium supplements in patients with established CVD \ud83d\udc49 May \u2191 risk of recurrent events Study \u2022\u2060 \u2060N = 237,000+ CVD patients \u2022\u2060 \u2060Real-world, propensity-matched analysis Key Findings \u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Recurrent CV events (MI, stroke, CHD) \u2022\u2060 \u2060\u2191 Hospitalizations Risk modest but consistent (~10\u201320%) Critical Insight \u2022\u2060 [&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-9906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906","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=9906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9907,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9906\/revisions\/9907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}