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2023 ESH Hypertension Guideline Update: Bringing Us Closer Together Across the Pond

American College of Cardiology

Hypertension represents a major modifiable risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), heart failure (HF), stroke, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and dementia.

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The efficacy of traditional Chinese herbal medicine across multiple cardiovascular diseases: an umbrella review of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Traditional Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been extensively used in cardiovascular disease in modern clinical practice, alone or in combination with conventional treatment. From inception until August 2023, we systematically searched five public literature databases to conduct the umbrella review.

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FAQs about the Cardiology Recertification Exam

BoardVitals - Cardiovascular

The Cardiology MOC exam will be offered on April 3, 2023, and October 11, 2023. The Cardiology MOC exam covers the following subjects : Arrhythmias 15% Coronary Artery Disease 21.5% What are some things you need to know before you sit for the exam? How much does the exam cost? What does the exam cover?

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A 50-something with chest pain.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

More past history: hypertension, tobacco use, coronary artery disease with two vessel PCI to the right coronary artery and circumflex artery several years prior. It is unknown when this pain recurred and became constant. He reports feeling nauseated with emesis.

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See what happens when a left main thrombus evolves from subtotal occlusion to total occlusion.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today's case is a male in his 70s with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus. The ST segment changes are compatible with severe subendocardial ischemia which can be caused by type I MI from ACS or potentially from type II MI (non-obstructive coronary artery disease with supply/demand mismatch).

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The Computer and Overreading Cardiologist call this completely normal. Is it?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A 56 year old male with a history of diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronary artery disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset weakness, fatigue, lethargy, and confusion. For more on use of Opiates with acute ischemic CP — See the January 6, 2023 post in Dr. Smith's ECG Blog ).

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Abstract 252: The outcomes and complications in patients undergoing subclavian?carotid artery bypass surgery: A case series

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 3, Issue S2 , November 1, 2023. This study presented two patients with symptomatic common carotid artery occlusion (CCAO) who subsequently underwent subclavian‐carotid artery bypass surgery using the polytetrafluorethylene graft.