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2024 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics: A Report of US and Global Data From the American Heart Association

Circulation

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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Targeting pharmacotherapies for inflammatory and cardiorenal endpoints in kidney disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Dysregulation of the innate and adaptive immune system is accelerated by CKD and results in increased systemic inflammation, a heightened local vascular inflammatory response leading to accelerated atherosclerosis, and dysfunction of the cardiac and renal endothelium and microcirculation. Copyright © 2023 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress Becomes First Organization to Offer Certification in Cardiometabolic Health

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

2023, the American Heart Association (AHA) issued a presidential advisory on the urgency of this systemic disorder involving heart disease, kidney disease, diabetes and obesity. Eckel, MD , chair of the Foundations of Cardiometabolic Health Certificate Course, has held appointments such as the Charles A.

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Abstract 094: Sudden Onset Dysphagia: A Symptom To Be Aware of During Code Strokes

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023. CTA showed calcified atherosclerosis of the V4 segment of left vertebral artery (Figure B). IntroductionLateral medullary infarction (LMI) can present with dysphagia, dysphonia, dysarthria, vertigo, nausea, skew deviation, and ipsipulsion.

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Abstract 151: Age?Related Increases in Carotid Artery Calcification: Insights from NaF PET/CT Imaging

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023. Risk factors such as smoking, chronic kidney disease, and aging can contribute to plaque formation. Early detection through sensitive and specific imaging methods is important for the detection and treatment of CVD.

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Orchestra BioMed Announces Initiation of BACKBEAT Pivotal Study of AVIM Therapy in Hypertensive Pacemaker Patients

DAIC

milla1cf Fri, 01/19/2024 - 10:55 January 19, 2024 — Orchestra BioMed , a biomedical company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through risk-reward sharing partnerships, today announced the first patient was randomized in the BACKBEAT pivotal study in late December 2023. billion adults worldwide.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

1,6 Until recently atherosclerosis has been thought of as the result of passive lipid accumulation in the vessel wall. However, the development of atherosclerosis is now known to be much more complex, with a key role for immune cells and inflammation in conjunction with hyperlipidemia and elevated LDL levels.7 As of June 2023, the U.S.