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Incidence and Outcomes of Posterior Circulation Involvement in Moyamoya Disease

Stroke Journal

Steno-occlusive changes in the posterior cerebral arteries (PCAs) may contribute to worsened outcomes in patients with MMD; however, there is little information on the incidence and natural history of posterior circulation MMD (PCMMD). Demographics, perioperative outcomes, and radiological phenotypes were recorded for 770 patients.

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Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography to Honor Oxford’s Kenneth Chan, MBBS at SCCT2024

DAIC

Kenneth Chan, MBBS, Academic Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals (UK) will receive the 2024 SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award (CTRA) at the opening session of the Society’s 19th Annual Scientific Meeting (SCCT2024) on Friday, July 19 in Washington, DC.

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BNP level predicts bleeding event in patients with heart failure after percutaneous coronary intervention

Open Heart

Background The Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk presents a bleeding risk assessment for antithrombotic therapy in patients after PCI. HF is a risk factor for bleeding in Japanese patients. The secondary outcome was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE).

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Design and Implementation of an Electronic Health Record?Integrated Hypertension Management Application

Journal of the American Heart Association

It is the leading risk factor for death and disability across the world. Our team developed a hypertension management platform at an academic medical center to address some of the top barriers to adoption and achieving clinical outcomes. Journal of the American Heart Association, Volume 13, Issue 2 , January 16, 2024.

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Rationale and Design of the mTECH?Rehab Randomized Controlled Trial: Impact of a Mobile Technology Enabled Corrie Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Functional Status and Cardiovascular Health

Journal of the American Heart Association

The primary outcome is the mean difference between the intervention versus control groups in distance walked on the 6‐minute walk test (ie, functional capacity) at 12 weeks post randomization.

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko famously rejected the objective reality of Mendelian genetics because it clashed with the Marxist philosophy that the environment, not genetics, was the primary determinant of outcomes. Women also had more cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension (66.6% years of age versus 59.0±8.4

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Abstract TP165: Functional Outcomes at Discharge After Intracerebral Hemorrhage in Young Adults: Comparison by Sex and Pregnancy Status

Stroke Journal

While sex differences exist in clinical outcomes of ICH in young adults, it is not known if outcomes differ between pregnancy-associated ICH (PICH) and non-pregnancy-associated ICH (NPICH).Methods:We We compared ICH outcomes between three exposure groups: PICH, NPICH in females, and NPICH in males.