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Population shifts, risk factors may triple U.S. cardiovascular disease costs by 2050

American Heart News - Heart News

ET Tuesday, June 4, 2024 DALLAS, June 4, 2024 — Driven by an older, more diverse population, along with a significant increase in risk factors including high blood pressure and obesity, total costs related to. Embargoed until 4 a.m.

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Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in pediatric hypertrophic, restrictive, and rapidly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Logistic and Cox regression models identified risk factors for in-hospital and long-term mortality.ResultsAmong the 212 patients, 79.72% (169/212) had HCM, 16.98% (36/212) had RCM, and 3.30% (7/212) had RP-HCM. BackgroundPediatric cardiomyopathies are rare but life-threatening conditions with high mortality.

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Cardiovascular disease and cancer: shared risk factors and mechanisms

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 10 April 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01017-x Patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD) have an increased risk of cancer, and patients with cancer have an increased risk of CVD.

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New evidence informs risk factors, diagnosis and care of patients with CVT stroke

American Heart News - Stroke News

DALLAS, January 29, 2024 — A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association emphasizes the need to increase patients’ and physicians’ awareness of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) to improve the recognition of this condition and initiate.

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Almost Half of US Counties Have No Cardiologists Despite Higher Prevalence of CV Risk Factors, Mortality

DAIC

Getty Images mtaschetta-millane Tue, 07/09/2024 - 07:23 July 9, 2024 — Disparities in cardiovascular disease outcomes between urban and rural areas continue to widen, yet nearly half of U.S. counties do not have a practicing cardiologist. Average round-trip distance to nearest cardiologist was 16.3 miles vs 87.1

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Innovative Data Featuring Nanox AI Cardiac Solution Showcased at SCCT 2024

DAIC

mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/25/2024 - 08:55 July 25, 2024 — Nanox, an innovative medical imaging technology company, announced that the AI Cardiac Solution (HealthCCSng) of its subsidiary, Nanox.AI was highlighted in multiple scientific presentations at the 2024 Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) Annual Meeting. “We

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Heart Month 2024: my interview with Lindsay Dixon

Heart Sisters

Don’t miss this Heart Month interview about women’s heart health that I did with pharmacist/science communicator Lindsay Dixon!