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2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

Circulation

Recommendations from the “2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” and the “2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation” have been updated with new evidence to guide clinicians.

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BNP level predicts bleeding event in patients with heart failure after percutaneous coronary intervention

Open Heart

Background The Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk presents a bleeding risk assessment for antithrombotic therapy in patients after PCI. HF is a risk factor for bleeding in Japanese patients.

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Abstract HUP16: Exploring Differences in Stroke Type and Stroke Risk Factors Between Young African Americans and Ghanaian Stroke Women

Stroke Journal

Conclusion:Significant differences were found between stroke type and risk factors in young women with stroke (hypertension, DM, and smoking), race, and country of origin. Patients from Ghana were less likely to smoke (1%) versus AA cohort (36%), and those WAA (31%) lineage, p-value 0.0001.Conclusion:Significant

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Kidney Function Trajectories and Right Heart Failure Following LVAD Implantation

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundPreoperative kidney dysfunction is a risk factor for right heart failure (RHF) after implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). Kidney function trajectories before and after RHF onset, and relationships of baseline kidney function with RHF risk at the different time points, were assessed.

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Prospective Associations of Accelerometer?Measured Machine?Learned Sedentary Behavior With Death Among Older Women: The OPACH Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundSedentary behavior is a recognized mortality risk factor. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. The novel and validated convolutional neural network hip accelerometer posture algorithm highly accurately classifies sitting and postural changes compared with accelerometer count cut points.

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Analyzing the non-linear relationship between fasting blood glucose levels and Gensini score in patients with STEMI

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundAcute myocardial infarction (AMI), particularly ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), significantly impacts global health, exacerbated by risk factors such as diabetes mellitus (DM). This study highlights the importance of comprehensive FBG monitoring and management to improve outcomes for STEMI patients.

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Time to childbirth and assisted reproductive treatment in women with congenital heart disease

Open Heart

Methods All women in the national register for CHD who had a registered first childbirth in the Swedish Pregnancy Register between 2014 and 2019 were identified. Age was an important risk factor for ART also in women with CHD and should be considered in consultations with these patients.