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New technologies and medications that can prevent, reduce CVD top 2023 scientific research

American Heart News - Heart News

19, 2023 — Technologies that less invasively restore blood flow to blocked or narrowed arteries; a medicine that outsmarts high blood pressure’s development; and new evidence that diabetes drugs may offer heart health benefits to people that. DALLAS, Dec.

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Diabetes Dialogue: 2023 Top Episodes Recap

HCPLive

To celebrate the end of 2023, hosts recap the top 10 episodes of the past year and offer perspective on how the news discussed in these episodes has shaped the future of diabetes management.

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Reduced heart rate response to exercise in patients with type 2 diabetes

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundRecent studies have found that heart rate response is impaired in patients with type 2 diabetes. However, it remains unclear how chronotropic competence changes in these patients and which chronotropic index is more closely related to type 2 diabetes. had type 2 diabetes and 57.2% did not have type 2 diabetes.

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Scripts for GLP-1, SGLT2 Drugs on the Rise in Type 1 Diabetes Patients

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- GLP-1 receptor agonist or SGLT2 inhibitor prescribing became more common for people with type 1 diabetes in recent years, a nationwide cross-sectional analysis found. From 2010 to 2023, the percentage of type 1 diabetes patients.

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A 60-year-old diabetic with chest pain, cath lab activated

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Of course he said: "Yes, it was a 60 year old diabetic with Chest pain." K en G rauer gives a thorough explanation here: A 60 year old with chest pain == MY Comment , by K EN G RAUER, MD ( 9/15 /2023 ): == The 1st time that I saw APTA ( A rterial P ulse T ap A rtifact ) — I did not know what it was. I said, "Cool, can I see the ECG?'

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Detecting heart stress using NT-proBNP in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension or high-normal blood pressure: a cross-sectional multicentric study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

We evaluated the prevalence of “heart stress” (HS) based on NT-proBNP cut-points proposed by the 2023 Consensus of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) in asymptomati.

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CareDx Launches Two Expanded Indications for AlloSure Testing Services

DAIC

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplants are known to improve the quality of life and long-term survival of patients with insulin dependent diabetes and advanced renal disease. I have witnessed firsthand the significant benefits for patients with diabetes and kidney failure of receiving a pancreas and kidney transplant.