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The Weekend Effect Touches TAVR Too

CardiacWire

Researchers were not able to assess unmeasured confounding factors such as biomarker levels, socioeconomic factors, nursing care level, and medication adherence. Despite these strong statistical findings , the studys authors do warn of a few potential weaknesses due to the retrospective nature of their data.

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Creative Alliances in Cardiorenal Metabolic Management: A Game Changer (Part 1) 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Key contributions: Advanced cardiac imaging (e.g., high-sensitivity troponin, NT-proBNP) in risk stratification Utilization of advanced echocardiographic techniques (e.g., Key contributions: Registered Dietitians (RDs): Personalized medical nutrition therapy, including specialized diets for comorbid conditions (e.g.,

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American College of Cardiology (ACC) Program Set for Cardiac Oncology Conference, “Advancing the Cardiovascular Care of the Oncology Patient”

DAIC

The goal of the multi-day course, notes planners, is to equip the cardio-oncology community with practical scientific knowledge fostering the progression of patient-centered, evidence-based, collaborative cardiovascular and cancer care for patients living with and beyond cancer.

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Lifestyle Walking Intervention in Patients With Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: The WATCHFUL Trial

Circulation

Patients in the intervention group were equipped with a Garmin vívofit activity tracker and received monthly phone counseling from research nurses who encouraged them to employ behavior change techniques such as self-monitoring, goal-setting, and action planning to increase their daily step count. female; 90.6% minutes of MVPA per day).

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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

She contacted her neighbor, a nurse, for help. The ESC states that patients with suspected ACS should go to the cath lab in <2 hours "regardless of ECG or biomarker evidence of MI!!" She eventually fell back asleep, and woke up feeling normal the next day (the day of presentation). The patient presented to triage at around 10 PM.