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Harnessing digital health to optimise the delivery of guideline-based cardiac rehabilitation during COVID-19: an observational study

Open Heart

Background The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the uptake of digital health interventions for the delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). Results Over a 3-month period, 105 patients (88% with coronary heart disease) were referred with 74% (n=77) attending initial assessment. kg, p<0.001). p<0.001).

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Avocados for the Heart; Cardiology's Sad State; CBD for Pulmonary Hypertension?

Heart 2023 Conference

Stroke) A Danish study indicated that combining nitrates and PDE5 inhibitors isn't always a terrible idea for men with ischemic heart disease and erectile dysfunction. In patients who are not taking statins, Esperion announced that bempedoic acid with or without ezetimibe (Nexletol/Nexlizet) can lower LDL cholesterol by more than 25%.

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Post Pandemic, US Cardiovascular Death Rate Continues Upward Trajectory

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Thu, 01/25/2024 - 20:47 January 25, 2024 — New research confirms what public health leaders have been fearing: the significant uptick in the cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) death rate that began in 2020 has continued. The findings are reported in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine , published by Elsevier.

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Does Sars-Cov-2 exist?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

I ask this question because a number of people have claimed the entire Covid pandemic was a made-up event. After all, most people are convinced that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease, and there appears to be a vast mountain of data to support this hypothesis. But with Covid people died differently .