MS and Your Heart: What's the Connection?

Do people living with MS have to be especially concerned about heart health? Let's see what the studies - and the experts - suggest.


Sources:

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Ana Pena PhD, MS Patients Tend to Have More Heart Problems, Need Better Exams, Study Shows, February 22, 2018
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Raffaele Palladino, PhD; Ruth Ann Marrie, MD, PhD; Azeem Majeed, MD, lJeremy Chataway, PhD, Evaluating the Risk of Macrovascular Events and Mortality Among People With Multiple Sclerosis in England, JAMA Neurol. 2020;77(7):820-828. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2020.0664, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama...


Mohammad Javad Tavallaei, et al., The prevalence of Myocardial Infarction among Multiple Sclerosis Patients: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis, Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, Volume 56, November 2021, 103292 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2021....
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Anastasia Climan, RDN, CDN, Heart Disease and MS: Understanding the Connection, November 15, 2021 https://www.mymsteam.com/resources/he...


Angela Ryan Lee, MD, Multiple Sclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease: What's the Link? May 26, 2022 https://www.verywellhealth.com/ms-hea...


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