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Oedema index trajectories at heart failure nurse clinics over 6 months after acute heart failure predict patient outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

After acute HF, HF nurses provide home care suggestions based on oedema status assessed at outpatient clinics. Multisegmented and multifrequency BIA-derived EIs were measured at HF nurse outpatient clinics after discharge for 6 months. Methods and results This was a retrospective cohort study.

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Fasting Before Cardiac Catheterization May Be Unnecessary

DAIC

Credit: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses milla1cf Thu, 01/04/2024 - 11:00 January 4, 2024 — The days of prolonged fasting prior to cardiac catheterization may be numbered, as the body of evidence grows to allow patients to eat before the procedure.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

DAIC

Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and Global Data From the American Heart Association.

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What is wrong with the NHS?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

9th October 2023 (With lessons from, and for, all other health services around the world) Whilst awaiting the Judgement on my libel trial – three months from the hearing and counting – I decided to write about things other than statins and cholesterol. Lest I damage our case in some unforeseeable way. I do this humbly, as a public service.

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Menopause, HRT & Cardiovascular Risk

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Cholesterol & Menopause Familial hyperlipidemia (FH) is a genetic cholesterol disorder which impacts about 1:200 people. Males tend to have higher LDL cholesterol concentrations earlier in life which is one of the key reasons they develop cardiovascular disease earlier in life.

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Does Sars-Cov-2 exist?

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

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. I have spent forty years studying this area, and I am absolutely certain that cholesterol (or LDL Low Density Lipoprotein) does not cause heart disease. Possibly more.