DAIC

JUNE 28, 2024

milla1cf Fri, 06/28/2024 - 19:07 June 28, 2024 — AstraZeneca has set out a new ambition for Healthy Heart Africa , its flagship health equity initiative, to target a broader range of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including chronic kidney disease (CKD) as well as hypertension and cardiovascular disease.

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It’s well known that heart disease is the U.S.’s s top cause of death, and our rising CVD rates have been widely covered, but a look back on some of the biggest stories of 2024 suggests that cardiovascular disease is about to become a much bigger problem. Hypertension Problems: Another JAMA study highlighted the U.S.’s

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 10, 2024

Bakris , an internationally recognized and influential nephrologist and hypertension expert, who passed away on June 15, 2024, at the age of 72. Bakris’s distinguished career in medicine spanned over four decades, marked by significant contributions to the fields of diabetic kidney disease, hypertension, and nephropathy progression.

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DAIC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

A-Fib, as the condition is commonly known, has been on the rise for at least the past decade, driven by the aging of the population, along with increasing rates of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. percent of the patients treated between 2005 and 2009 to 6.82% of the patients treated between 2015 and 2019. million U.S. million U.S.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Reliability of self-reported risk factors was high in overweight (F1 0.81) and diabetes (F1 0.71), moderate in hearing impairment (F1 0.59) and hypertension (F1 0.56) and low in hypercholesterolemia (F1 0.49) and kidney disease (F1 0.25).

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Open Heart

JULY 17, 2023

All patients undergoing non-emergency interventions in the corresponding time period 2019 served as control group (n=216). Arterial hypertension (HR 2.27; 95% CI 1.00 to 5.12; p=0.049), chronic kidney disease (HR 1.89; 95% CI 1.03 to 3.49; p=0.041) as well as severe valvular heart disease (HR 3.08; 95% CI 1.68

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] Obesity paradox in cardiovascular disease: where do we stand? Current Problems in Cardiology (2019).

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Background and Purpose:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increased risk of stroke and worse outcomes, yet it is often asymptomatic, with an estimated 90% of individuals unaware they have CKD until its later stages. Stroke, Volume 56, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A102-A102, February 1, 2025. female, 22.1% female, 22.1%

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Methods:Deidentified administrative discharge data included all individuals admitted to SC hospitals between 2010 and 2019 with ICD-9/10 codes for ischemic stroke. This study aims to assess sociodemographic profile and stroke risk factors among individuals residing in FDs within the predominantly rural state of South Carolina (SC).Methods:Deidentified

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

1.23]), hypertension (adjusted HR, 2.01 [95% CI, 1.57–2.57]), 2.57]), chronic kidney disease (adjusted HR, 1.68 [95% CI, 1.36–2.09]), Clinical factors associated with higher mortality included male sex (adjusted HR, 1.31 [95% CI, 1.08–1.58]), 1.58]), older age (adjusted HR, 1.19 per 5-year increase [95% CI, 1.15–1.23]),

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

OCTOBER 25, 2023

2019 Apr 2;321(13):1261-1274. Overall, it appears that rhythm control strategy in AF may be better in those with heart failure and in those with associated cardiovascular conditions and early AF. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.0693. PMID: 30874766; PMCID: PMC6450284.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These new guidelines provide necessary updates to both the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and the 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Written by Jesse McLaren An 80 year old patient with diabetes/hypertension/ cirrhosis had a recent increase in candesartan for their hypertension, and was also on spirolactone and nadolol. Acute hyperkalemia in the emergency department: a summary from a Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes conference. References 1.

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