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Heatstroke may lead to chronic heart disease and obesity, mouse model suggests

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Every year, more than 100,000 people are treated for heat injury in the U.S., a number that's been rising as the world rapidly warms. Heatstroke, the most damaging form, can make people lose consciousness, suffer organ injury, and on occasion, even die.

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ACCEL Lite: Top Takeaways from the ACC 2023 Guideline for Chronic CAD for the Practicing Clinician

American College of Cardiology

To improve our understanding of the basic principles in the treatment and management of patients with chronic heart disease, in this interview, Salim S. Blumenthal, MD, FACC, discuss top takeaways from the ACC 2023 Guideline for Chronic CAD. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, and Roger S.

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Additive interaction of family medical history of cardiovascular diseases with hypertension and diabetes on the diagnosis of cardiovascular diseases among older adults in India

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Individuals with parental and sibling medical history had two times higher odds of having chronic heart diseases and strokes, respectively than those without parental and sibling history. In the adjusted model, RERI, AP, and S for CVD were 2.30 (95% CI: 0.87–3.74), 3.74), 35% (0.35; 95% CI: 0.20–0.51),

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Physician Variation and the Impact of Payment Model in Cardiac Imaging

Journal of the American Heart Association

Generalized linear mixed‐effects models estimated the association of payment model (including the ability to bill to interpret imaging tests) and the use of cardiac imaging and quantified variation in cardiac imaging.