Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

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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CardiacWire

JANUARY 31, 2025

Another year, another AHA report reasserting heart diseases dominance as the number one killer in the United States, and the latest data shows that this trend is still gaining momentum. Every year, the AHA reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 30, 2024

Here are five things everyone should know about sleep and heart disease. Insulin resistance is a precursor condition to metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, both major drivers of heart disease. Published online February 07, 2022. This is the unfortunate reality for many people. Obesity (Silver Spring).

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

JANUARY 28, 2025

Heart disease and stroke remained the leading causes of death in the U.S. in 2022, outpacing the number of combined deaths from cancer and accidental deaths, according to the American Heart Associations 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics report, published Jan. 27 in Circulation.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

It may not have caught any healthcare industry leaders by surprise when heart disease and stroke continued to top the list of leading causes of death in the U.S. billion annual price tag for the diseases may not have caused some hospital officials to bat an eye, either. The average $417.9

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new report.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 10, 2024

Background While research on congenital heart disease has been extensively conducted worldwide, comprehensive studies from developing countries and the Arab world remain scarce. Aim This study aims to perform a bibliometric review of research on congenital heart disease in the Arab world from 1997 to 2022.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MAY 9, 2024

BackgroundRheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a preventable sequelae of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection leading to an immune reaction: acute rheumatic fever (ARF) and progressive heart valve dysfunction.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

from 2013 to 2022. The sooner a lay rescuer (bystander) starts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a person having a cardiac arrest at home or in public, up to 10 minutes after the arrest, the better the chances of survival and brain protection, according to an analysis of nearly 200,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in the U.S.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The AAMR declined from 1999 to 2016 (APC -3.0 [-3.3, -2.8]) and rose till 2022 (APC 4.6 [3.4, 17.9]) and NH American Indian or Alaska Native men (1999-2022, APC (-0.6 [-1.6, to 2022, respectively, after an initial decline. to 2022, respectively, after an initial decline. 100000 people). 100000 people).

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HeartRhythm

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Copenhagen Baby Heart Study, a multicenter, prospective, population-based cohort study of 17,489 neonates younger than 30 days, identified 17 with a WPW pattern, a prevalence of 0.1%.1 1 This was more frequent in boys and was not associated with structural heart disease. Accessory pathways (APs) were primarily left-sided.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

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American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Coronary artery disease (CAD) affected >315 million people worldwide in 2022. Individuals with CAD have a 20% increased 5-year risk of adverse cardiac events.

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Heart 2023 Conference

MAY 10, 2022

To read and share more about this topic, join us at Heart Conference on November 10-11, 2022 in Paris. Lead researcher Mauro Giacca explained: “The new cells would replace the dead ones and instead of forming a scar, the patient has new muscle tissue.” Link: [link]

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Heart BMJ

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Objective Despite recent advances in surgical and interventional techniques, knowledge on the management of carcinoid heart disease (CHD) remains limited. In a cohort of patients with liver metastases of midgut neuroendocrine tumours (NETs), we aimed to describe the perioperative management and short-term outcomes of CHD.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 21, 2025

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundFontan circulation (FC) in complex congenital heart disease is characterized by altered hemodynamics and associated with Fontanassociated liver disease. Patients with FC may exhibit abnormalities in cholate clearance due to abnormal perfusion.

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Heart BMJ

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Objective To evaluate for correlation between exercise capacity as assessed by peak oxygen consumption (pVO 2 ) measurement during a cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) and smartwatches reporting this parameter in patients with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) complex lesions.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

For more information: www.philips.com References: *SmartCT Soft Tissue, SmartCT Angio, SmartCT Roadmap, SmartCT Vaso, AneurysmFlow [1] World Stroke Organization (WSO): Global Stroke Fact Sheet 2022 ( [link] ) [2] Owolabi MO, Thrift AG, Mahal A, et al.; 2022 Jan;7(1):e74-e85. 2022 Jan;7(1):e14. Lancet Public Health.

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Circulation

JUNE 4, 2024

Annual inflation-adjusted (2022 US dollars) health care costs of cardiovascular risk factors are projected to triple between 2020 and 2050, from $400 billion to $1344 billion.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:School engagement, or caring about doing well and doing required homework, is an important factor for academic success and may contribute to poorer academic outcomes in children born with heart disease (HD), compared to heart-healthy peers.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:Fontan surgery performed during childhood enhances the lifespan and quality of life of patients with critical congenital heart disease. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWMP70-AWMP70, February 1, 2024.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Abstract Introduction The use of flecainide and propafenone for medical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter/intra-atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) is well-described in adults without congenital heart disease (CHD). The unit of analysis was each episode of AF/IART.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

JANUARY 31, 2024

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. BackgroundTransgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals and long‐term survivors with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) are both growing populations with specialized needs.

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Heart 2023 Conference

APRIL 29, 2022

To discuss more, kindly join us on November 10-11, 2022 in Paris, France. Next time you’re in want of a snack, clutch an apple over a bag of chips. It’s genuinely now no longer the ultimate time technology will say it. To view more on this topic, click here [link] [link] [link]

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DAIC

APRIL 3, 2024

The Low EF AI will be added to Eko’s SENSORA Cardiac Early Detection Platform , the latest advancement to the platform which already features FDA-cleared algorithms to identify AFib and structural heart murmurs, often an indicator of valvular heart disease. BMJ Health & Care Informatics, 30:e100718.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Adult Cardiac

MARCH 8, 2022

Webinar New STAT Scores, New Patients, New CHSD: The Upgrade Webinar kchalko Tue, 03/08/2022 - 12:49 March 17, 2022 The Congenital Heart Surgery Database (CHSD) continues to undergo improvements to enhance quality of care for patients. and implementation of new STAT scores. and implementation of new STAT scores.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

134 patients were identified and were divided into two groups, those with 22q11 deletion syndrome (19 patients) and the control group (115 patients).

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

A regular wide complex tachycardia in a young patient with no history of heart disease is very likely to be AVRT. He underwent an EP study 5/10/2022 for evaluation of pre-excitation/accessory tract which found a left sided accessory pathway - he is currently in the EP study now. Latent conduction vs. Concealed Conduction.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Background Valvular heart disease is a major health concern worldwide. Bibliometric analysis of studies on managing patients with artificial heart valves has not been previously performed. The effective management of patients undergoing valve replacement determines their prognosis.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The present study aimed to validate the proposed algorithm by the American Heart Association (AHA‐2022) considering cardiovascular findings and outcomes in kidney transplant candidates, and to compare AHA‐2022 with the previous recommendation (AHA‐2012).Methods 10.8]; and HR, 2.1 [95% 3.9]) and all‐cause death (HR, 12.0 [95%

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

OCTOBER 9, 2024

ObjectivesThe discovery of pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (PSC-CMs) has not only deepened our understanding of the pathogenesis and progression of heart disease, but also advanced the development of engineered cardiac tissues, cardiac regenerative therapy, drug discovery and the cardiotoxicity assessment of drugs.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 23, 2023

2022 Jul;27(4):e12939. Epub 2022 Feb 11. I last reviewed the phenomenon of electrical alternans in My Comment at the bottom of the page in the November 28, 2022 post of Dr. Smith's ECG Blog. Prolonged ST segment and T-wave alternans with torsade de pointes secondary to hypocalcemia due to hypoparathyroidism: A case report.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

26 Similarly, over one-third of ASCVD patients have hsCRP levels above 2 mg/L which indicates a higher risk of heart disease.12,27 28 As such, targeting inflammation in the context of cardiovascular disease is of the utmost importance for me and any impacted patients. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Sep 6;146(10):e141].

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Cleerly, a digital healthcare company focused on heart disease, has announced continued strong scientific evidence supporting the clinical utility of its products, detailing a study published online on Jan. 25, 2024 in the European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2022 Sep;219(3):407-419.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:The number of adults with congenital heart diseases (CHD) is rapidly increasing, who are frequently associated with cardiovascular morbidities and may result in poor outcomes. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4140019-A4140019, November 12, 2024.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 16, 2024

I started writing this newsletter in June 2022. The purpose of this newsletter was to act as a resource I could point my patients towards to: Explain key concepts about heart disease. What was necessary to maximally reduce their risk of heart disease with a major emphasis on lifestyle measures.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 9, 2024

Heart: An Owners Guide. This book is a tactical guide for anyone looking to: Better understand what heart disease is. How to assess their risk of heart disease. How to reduce their risk of heart disease. Heart disease is complex, but heart disease prevention is not.

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