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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. That increase was greatest among younger patients, males, minorities, and patients with hypertension and diabetes. age, 54% women, 50% White), finding that a whopping 2M (6.8%) of them had been diagnosed with AFib.

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Do Statins Cause Diabetes?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

It all comes down to: What your priorities are What your objectives are Your risk tolerance Your ability to update that risk model Where you draw the line of ‘risk’ equating to ‘causation’ The same is true when it comes to the question of statins ‘causing’ diabetes. What to do? Let’s dive in.

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National A-Fib Numbers Higher Than Previously Thought

DAIC

A-Fib, as the condition is commonly known, has been on the rise for at least the past decade, driven by the aging of the population, along with increasing rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. percent of the patients treated between 2005 and 2009 to 6.82% of the patients treated between 2015 and 2019. million U.S.

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14 Ways To Prevent Dementia

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The 14 Factors Include: Hearing Loss High LDL cholesterol Less Education Traumatic Brain Injury Depression Social Isolation Hypertension Obesity Smoking Excess Alcohol Diabetes Physical Inactivity Air Pollution Visual Loss Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission When You Intervene Matters.

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Emergency transvenous temporary pacing during rotational atherectomy

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Methods We performed a single-centre retrospective study of all patients undergoing RA between October 2009 and October 2022. years, 71.6% ( n  = 237) were male, while nearly half of the patients were diabetic [ N  = 158 (47.7%)]. Patient characteristics, procedural variables, and in-hospital complications were registered.

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America’s Growing CVD Problem

CardiacWire

Heart Disease in 2050 – The AHA warned of massive heart disease increases by 2050, spanning CVD (+60%), diabetes (+100%), obesity (+70%), hypertension (+44%), heart failure (+66%), and stroke (+100%). It’s well known that heart disease is the U.S.’s trillion, representing 4.6% of US GDP. If applied across the U.S., adult population.

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Abstract WMP94: Trends in Co-morbidities and Mortality in Rescue Stenting and Elective Stenting for Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease: National Inpatient Sample Data Analysis

Stroke Journal

National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 2009 to 2020, evaluating patients who presented with stroke from ICAD and were treated with angioplasty and stenting and analyzed presenting co-morbidities and patient outcomes. vs 7.9%), diabetes (33.6% vs 10.2%) in the 2020 patient group compared to the 2009 patients.

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