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EM Cases Best of 2017 Top 10

ECG Cases

Based on a blend of the number of podcast downloads, webpage views, social media engagement, number of positive emails and comments that I received, and my own favs, I'm pleased to bring you the EM Cases Best of 2017 Top 10. The post EM Cases Best of 2017 Top 10 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases. And here they are.

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High blood pressure a concern for adolescents and young adults in U.S.

American Heart News - Heart News

Research Highlights: In the first study, nearly 23% of young adults (ages 18-39 years) included in the NHANES 2017-2020 datasets had high blood pressure (130/80 mm Hg or greater). In addition, they were more likely to self-report being uninsured, food.

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Acute myocardial infarction increased in people with epilepsy between 2008 and 2017, finds study

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

The prevalence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in people with epilepsy increased from 2008 to 2017, according to a study published online Aug. 4 in Frontiers in Neurology.

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Temperature and myocardial infarction among migrants in Kuwait

Heart BMJ

Methods MI hospital admissions data from 17 public hospitals in Kuwait from 2000 to 2017 were collected. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between temperature and myocardial infarction (MI) risk among migrants in Kuwait. Meteorological data, including daily temperatures and humidity, were obtained from monitoring stations.

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HeartSciences Announces Allowance of U.S Patent for AI-ECG Assessment of Left Ventricular and Right Ventricular Heart Dysfunction

DAIC

GBD 2017 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017. Lancet 2018;392:1789–1858.

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Correction: Rheumatic heart disease mortality in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians between 2010 and 2017

Heart BMJ

Rheumatic heart disease mortality in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians between 2010 and 2017. A typographical error in the title has been corrected; the years should have been between 2013 and 2017. Heart 2023; 109 :1025-1033. This article has been corrected since it was first published.

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Improving antiarrhythmic therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation using common genetic variants

Heart BMJ

Figure 1 Potential future approaches to antiarrhythmic therapy incorporating information from common variants The study involved a European cohort of patients with AF prescribed flecainide between 2017 and 2021. The prevalence of.