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7 Things You Can Do To Reduce Your Risk Even If You Already Have Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Preventing or delaying the onset of coronary artery disease is a great strategy for living longer. The challenge is that the things you do to prevent heart disease are unlikely to pay dividends for a very long time—many years if not decades. This is a program that starts the day of your heart attack. N Engl J Med.

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In Your 40s to 60s And Worried About Heart Disease? Here Is What You Can Do.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They knew they had not been doing all the things they should do, and they were worried that heart disease had them in its sights. Risk factors such as high blood pressure, smoking, and inactivity are important because the longer you are exposed to them, the higher the odds you will develop coronary artery disease sooner in life.

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FDA Announces Abiomed Recall of the Instructions for Use for the Impella Left Sided Blood Pumps due to Perforation Risks

DAIC

with SmartAssist ; Impella LD Product Codes: See Recall Database Entry Distribution Dates: October 10, 2021 to October 10, 2023 Devices Recalled in the U.S.: Impella therapy aims to reduce the work of the heart's ventricles and provide support for the circulatory system so the heart has time to recover.

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Unraveling the Link Between Mental Health and Cardiovascular DiseaseĀ 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

A Brief Look at the Numbers Cardiovascular disease, a term that refers to all types of diseases that affect the heart or blood vessels, is responsible for over 800,000 deaths in the U.S. In 2021 alone, CVD accounted for over 900,000 deaths in the U.S. In 2021, approximately 57.8 and approximately 19.91

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Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) ā€“ why is it so important?

Cardiomatics

Unfortunately, the number of patients with heart failure continues to grow. Moreover, the improvement of care for patients with myocardial infarction has resulted in higher survival rates, but as a result, more patients suffer from heart failure. 2021, 42, 3599ā€“3726. [3] 2021, 344, 120ā€“126. [4] Heart Fail.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), caused by plaque buildup in arterial walls, is one of the leading causes of disability and death worldwide.1,2 1,2 ASCVD causes or contributes to conditions that include coronary artery disease (CAD), cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease (inclusive of aortic aneurysm).3

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I'm so sorry when medics get abused for activating the cath lab

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is obviously diagnostic of inferior and lateral Occlusion Myocardial Infarction. The location of the infarct is clear, but that does not necessarily tell you what artery it is. Annals of Emergency Medicine 2021.