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Common blood pressure drug may make leukemia more responsive to chemotherapy while protecting heart

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine found that a targeted gene therapy may make acute myeloid leukemia (AML) more sensitive to chemotherapy, while also protecting the heart against toxicity often caused by cancer treatments.

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Nontraditional risk factors shed light on unexplained strokes in adults younger than 50

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Among adults ages 18-49 (median age of 41 years) who were born with a hole in the upper chambers of their heart known as patent foramen ovale (PFO), strokes of unknown cause were more strongly associated with nontraditional risk factors, such as migraines, liver disease or cancer, rather than more typical factors such as high blood pressure.

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

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Personal Genetic-Hypertension Odyssey From Phenotypes to Genotypes and Targets

Hypertension Journal

These data could allow the differentiation between a target organ and blood pressure phenotype. The scope of this project has elucidated genetic mechanisms important to cartilage development, possibly cancer metastases, and findings relevant to cardiovascular regulation via systemic vascular resistance.

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What do you call fluid collection around the heart?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

An unfilled heart is not able to pump out blood well and the blood pressure falls. This occurs most commonly in cancer (malignant pericardial effusion). Usually it is cancer of other organs spreading to the pericardium (secondary) rather than primary cancer of the pericardium which is very rare (mesothelioma).

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VT? Or Supraventricular tachycardic rhythm with aberrancy?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Given patient's acute drop in his blood pressure, the patient was cardioverted with synchronized cardioversion at 200 J with no change in his rhythm. He also had a history of lung cancer with pneumonectomy and COPD. In that ECG above, there are monophasic R-waves starting in lead V2 all the way out to V6.

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A woman in her 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Destiny Folk MD, with edits by Meyers, peer reviewed by Smith and Grauer A woman in her late 20s with a past medical history of cervical cancer status post chemotherapy and radiation therapy presented to the emergency department for shortness of breath, chest tightness, and two episodes of syncope. As per Drs.