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Over 50% of U.S. Adults Qualify for Ozempic, Wegovy

Med Page Today

Among 25,531 participants in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2015 to. (MedPage Today) -- More than half of all adults in the U.S. are eligible for semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy, Rybelsus), researchers estimated.

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Modified Duke/European Society of Cardiology 2015 clinical criteria for infective endocarditis: time for an update?

Open Heart

Background The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the modified Duke/European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2015 clinical criteria. The elevation of Bartonella serology to a major microbiological criterion of the modified Duke/ESC 2015 clinical criteria would increase the sensitivity (57.8% vs 77.8%; p=0.07).

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Physical Activity Identified as Critical Factor in Lowering MAFLD Risk

HCPLive

A new study found physical activity held more weight in the link between the joint exposure of sleep duration, metabolic equivalent of task, and Healthy Eating Index -2015 and MAFLD.

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Single-dose modified bloodless del Nido cardioplegia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of our modified bloodless del Nido cardioplegia in MICS compared to the histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) solution.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed 471 patients who underwent minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) in our institution between January 2015 and September 2022.

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Abstract 278: Patterns of Mechanical Thrombectomy for Stroke Before and After the 2015 Pivotal Trials:5 Years Follow?up

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

IntroductionThe 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines recommended mechanical thrombectomy with stent‐retriever devices. Compared with 2012‐2014, the 2015‐2019 cohort showed increased odds of ICH and shock while the odds of DVT, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, and UTI were significantly lower.

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Industry marketing payments to physicians and prescription patterns for sacubitril/valsartan in the USA

Heart BMJ

Methods Using the publicly accessible Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Medicare Part D database and the Open Payments Database, this study assessed associations between industry-sponsored meal payments to physician prescribers and total amounts of Medicare claims and spending for sacubitril/valsartan between 2015 and 2021.

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A simplified cardiac implantable electronic device infection classification by combining key diagnostic criteria.

HeartRhythm

Current EHRA criteria1 largely adapt to CIED Infections the Modified Duke criteria2 and ESC 2015 criteria,3 which were developed for native valve endocarditis and later adapted to prosthetic valve endocarditis. Cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) infection still lacks standardized and universally accepted diagnostic criteria.

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