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Association between urinary cadmium levels and prevalence of coronary artery disease: NHANES cross-sectional study (2009–2018)

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Weighted logistic regression was employed to elucidate the association between Cd-U and the likelihood of CHD. We investigated the link of Cd-U exposure to the prevalence of CHD using limited cubic spline models to analyze the exposure-dose relationship.

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Abstract TP191: National Trends in Rescue Therapy for Failed Thrombectomy 2009-2020

Stroke Journal

This study assesses the longitudinal trends for adjunctive treatments following failed thrombectomy in the U.S.Methods:We performed a data search from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database using ICD9 and ICD10 procedure codes from 2009 through 2020. In 2020, these cases represented 48.6% (520/1,070) of the patients stented.

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Number of Rheumatologists Increased More Than 20% Over Last Decade

HCPLive

Between 2009 and 2020, the number of rheumatologists increased 23%, from 4557 to 5600.

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What makes a T-wave Hyperacute? And: 30 Examples of Hyperacute T-waves, 10 in each of 3 myocardial territories.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

In Figure-1 is the ECG from the August 26, 2009 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ( this being one of the 10 Cases of Inferior HATWs that Dr. Smith links to — and the ECG for which he gives a preview of the HATW model that he and Dr. .: Figure-1: ECG from the August 26, 2009 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog.

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The Contribution of Declines in Blood Lead Levels to Reductions in Blood Pressure Levels: Longitudinal Evidence in the Strong Heart Family Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

Methods and ResultsLead in whole blood was measured in 285 SHFS participants in 1997 to 1999 and 2006 to 2009. Blood pressure and measures of cardiac geometry and function were obtained in 2001 to 2003 and 2006 to 2009.

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AFib Might Be Far More Common Than We Think

CardiacWire

AFib rates increased dramatically during the study period, from 4.49% in 2005-2009 to 6.82% in 2015-2019. UCSF researchers analyzed medical records from 29M adults who received hospital-based care in California from 2005 to 2019 (51yr avg. age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib.

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Rules of myocardial revascularisation REVIVEed very late: Quantify”non-viable tissue” first.

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

This same question was asked & answered more than a decade ago (2009) on this site, of course without that damning evidence. March 15, 2009 by dr s venkatesan Many times, we don’t require large-scale RCTs, years of toil, and efforts wasting resources to prove an apparent sense of thinking.