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Researchers Link Infant Heart Defects, Childhood Cancer

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tim.hodson Mon, 03/17/2025 - 14:56 March 17, 2025 Being born with a heart defect may be associated with an increased cancer risk for babies and their moms, according to new research published today in the American Heart Associations flagship journal Circulation. are forms of congenital heart defects (CHD). Lopez, M.D.,

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Novartis Reclaims Anthos, Reenters Factor XI Race

CardiacWire

Novartis spun out the testing and development of abelacimab and formed Anthos Therapeutics back in 2019. Anthos LILAC trial is focused on preventing stroke and systemic embolism in AFib patients, while ASTER and MAGNOLIA aim to use abelacimab to address VTE and GI cancer.

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Increases in HCV-Related Liver Cancer Incidence, Mortality Suggest Rising Global Health Burden

HCPLive

Investigators examined data from the Global Burden of Disease, Injuries, and Risk Factors study 2019 to describe the global, regional, and national burden of liver cancer due to hepatitis C since 1990.

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Sudden cardiac arrest in patients with cancer in the general population: insights from the Paris-SDEC registry

Heart BMJ

Background Data on the management of patients with cancer presenting with sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) are scarce. We aimed to assess the characteristics and outcomes of SCA according to cancer history. Results Out of 4069 patients who had SCA admitted alive in hospital, 207 (5.1%) had current or past medical history of cancer.

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Trends of Cardiovascular Disease Related Mortality in Breast Cancer in the United States From 1999 to 2019

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 19 April 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Mohil Garg, Patrick Creechan, Anita Sadeghpour, Dmitry Abramov, Sourbha S. Dani, Sarju Ganatra, Sadeer G. Al-Kindi, Erin D. Michos, Arunima Misra, Anita Deswal, Nicolas L. Palaskas, Salim S. Virani, Vijay Nambi, Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas

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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiotoxicity in Patients With Cancer Treated With Anthracyclines

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundCardiotoxicity in patients with cancer treated with anthracyclines is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. The end point was the development of cardiotoxicity (defined as clinical heart failure or drop in left ventricular ejection fraction 10% to 50%).ResultsA

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STS Announces Late-breaker Research to Be Presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting

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The analysis included 4,798 patients from 207 STS sites who underwent esophagectomy between 2012-2019. The researchers found that Medicare patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer exhibit identifiable predictors for long-term survival and readmission.

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