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What Should Your Blood Pressure Be?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The answer is pretty simple, but most people get this wrong, and doing so increases their future risk of heart attack and strokes. We need to do better if we want to majorly impact rates of cardiovascular disease worldwide. ” This is one of the most common questions I get as a cardiologist. There are others also.

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FDA Accepts, Grants Priority Review Designation for Bayer's msNRA for Patients with Heart Failure

DAIC

Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy (Effect on Disease) and Safety of Finerenone on Morbidity (Events Indicating Disease Worsening) & Mortality (Death Rate) in Participants With Heart Failure and Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (Proportion of Blood Expelled Per Heart Stroke) Greater or Equal to 40% (FINEARTS-HF). NCT04435626.

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Dishing out the meds

The British Journal of Cardiology

One third of people over the age of 55 years would benefit by gaining an average of 11 years free from a cardiac event or stroke (subsequently termed the vaccination approach). There is much to gain and little to lose by the widespread use of these drugs.”

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What is wrong with the NHS? Part two.

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Many of the commonest and most deadly diseases afflicting humanity would be picked up early, then treated. People at risk of cardiovascular disease would have their cholesterol levels checked. The aim is to reduce death and damage from nasty things such as heart attacks and strokes. Then, if high, put on statins.

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What does the angiogram show? The Echo? The CT coronary angiogram? How do you explain this?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Stroke-volume:50 ml. 6.9), 3 with comparative studies consistently demonstrating a better prognosis than for those who experience AMI associated with obstructive coronary artery disease. See "Prevention of cardiovascular disease events in those with established disease (secondary prevention) or at very high risk".)