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Cardiovascular Disease and Deaths On the Rise

CardiacWire

Every year, the AHA reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors. In 2010, the AHA released a 2020 goal to improve the CV health of all Americans by 20%, while reducing CVD and stroke deaths by 20%. Excluding hypertension (CHD, HF, and stroke only), just 9.9%

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Recurrent Stroke Prediction by Applying a Stroke Polygenic Risk Score in the Japanese Population

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:Recently, various polygenic risk score (PRS)based methods were developed to improve stroke prediction. However, current PRSs (including cross-ancestry PRS) poorly predict recurrent stroke. In particular, it predicted an increased risk of recurrence among stroke patients without hypertension.

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Episode 99 Highlights from EMU 2017

ECG Cases

North York General Hospital's 30th Annual Emergency Medicine Update (EMU) Conference 2017 featured some of the best talks I've ever heard from the likes of Sara Gray, Amal Mattu, David Carr and many more. The post Episode 99 Highlights from EMU 2017 appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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The Potential Risks of GLP-1s

CardiacWire

To tackle this problem, researchers compared Veterans Affairs data on 2 million T2D patients (2017-2023) taking either GLP-1s , DPP4is, SGLT2is, or usual care antihyperglycemics over a 3.68 As expected, GLP-1s reduced MI risk by 9%, cardiac arrest by 22%, incident HF by 11%, ischemic stroke by 7%, and hemorrhagic stroke by 14%.

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American Heart Month Puts Spotlight on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Statistics

DAIC

February 1, 2024 — As cardiologists, heart disease patients and the organizations that serve them across the country embark on American Heart Month, DAIC has compiled a snapshot of significant cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke statistics, along with a review of the atherosclerosis drug market. per 1,000* - 122.4

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Nerve Stimulation Plus Intense Rehab May Improve Arm and Hand Function After Stroke

DAIC

7-9, and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. 7-9, and is a world premier meeting for researchers and clinicians dedicated to the science of stroke and brain health. The meeting will be held in Phoenix, Feb. The meeting will be held in Phoenix, Feb.

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Abstract 4139285: Awareness of Myocardial Infarction and Stroke Symptoms Among Asian American Adults: Insights from the National Health Interview Survey 2014 and 2017

Circulation

We assessed awareness of MI and stroke symptoms and the prevalence of recognizing 9-1-1 as the appropriate subsequent action using the Rao-Scott chi-square test to account for the complex survey design.Results:The study sample consisted of 2,832 adults (46.7 % male, 53.3% female, mean age 44.6 years [SD: 16.5 Ethnic distribution was 22.0%