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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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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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Association of pulmonary hypertension with the outcome in patients undergoing edge-to-edge mitral valve repair

Heart BMJ

Methods 449 consecutive M-TEER-treated patients from December 2009 to February 2015 were included in this retrospective analysis. Results Patients with any type of PH (2015: meanPA cut-off 25 mm Hg; 2022: meanPA cut-off >20 mm Hg) showed a higher risk of death after M-TEER compared with patients with no PH (2015: HR 1.61 (95% CI 1.25

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Trends in Patient Access to and Utilization of Prescribed PCSK9 Inhibitors in a Large US Claims Database From 2015 to 2021

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print.

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2022 Spike in “Deaths of Despair” Among Black Population Surpasses White People

HCPLive

A recent study found Black individuals had a sharp increase in midlife deaths from suicide, drug overdose, and alcoholic liver disease after 2015.

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Rheumatic Heart Disease—A Neglected Tragedy in Young Patients

JAMA Cardiology

The 2015 Global Burden of Disease study conveyed the message of an overall reduction in worldwide RHD burden, but this hides the sobering reality in many low-resource regions with scarce data where robust mechanisms for disease surveillance are lacking. No one must be left behind.”