The British Journal of Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2024

We present the cumulative percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) data of all comers (stable angina and acute coronary syndromes [ACS]) who presented to Hadi Clinic between January 2018 and December 2020. A total of 567 patients underwent coronary catheterisation for the three-year period between January 2018 and December 2020.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The complications of the procedure and patient’s outcomes were discussed.MethodsWe identified two patients who were admitted to our medical center between January 2022 to December 2022 for subclavian‐carotid artery bypass procedure. Clinical data were reviewed retrospectively.ResultsCase 1.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Patients usually have a normal life expectancy unless other structural heart diseases are present. This case report highlights the modifications in standard techniques, emphasizing the need for specialized skills and strategies to achieve successful outcomes in such cases.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

JANUARY 11, 2024

Myocardial infarction (MI) with non-obstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) covers an expanding group of patients over recent years. Previous studies showed considerable risks of outcomes in this group. In this study, we aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes in very young patients with MINOCA.

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Myocardial Infarction Outcomes Atrial Fibrillation Risk Factors 40

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Studies have reported racial disparities in young stroke patients and less desired outcomes of minorities. Socioeconomic status, risk factors, stroke etiology, acute interventions and short-term outcomes were accessed. Compared to White, black and Hispanic had higher rate of Diabetes, Hypertension and prior stroke (p<0.001).

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Strokes Stroke Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

At baseline, prevalence of comorbidities was high (hypertension 66% and 84%, hyperlipidemia 53% and 75%, coronary artery disease 18% and 31%, diabetes 25% and 38% in MarketScan and CDM, respectively). Introduction:Patients suffering from transient ischemic attack (TIA) are at high risk of ischemic stroke (IS).

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European Journal of Heart Failure

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

diabetes, hypertension, coronary artery disease), underlying the development of cardiac dysfunction and further increased risk. Overall, understanding and utilizing NT-proBNP levels will lead to earlier and more accurate diagnoses of heart failure ultimately improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We compared demographics, hospital traits, comorbidities, and outcomes. In-hospital mortality, our primary outcome, was analyzed through multivariate logistic regression using STATA 18.Results:Incorporating to 2.26) and liver disease (OR 2.20, p < 0.01, CI 1.27

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European Journal of Heart Failure

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A prior history of the following comorbidities was considered: episodic or persistent atrial fibrillation ( n  = 920), coronary artery disease ( n  = 3732), diabetes ( n  = 2171), and hypertension ( n  = 3353). Patients were classified into three groups based on the number of comorbidities: 0, 1–2, or ≥3.

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Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure Atrial Fibrillation Outcomes 40

Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

SPRINT originally randomized 9,361 hypertensive individuals without diabetes into two groups: intensive treatment (SBP<120 mmHg, n=4,678) and standard treatment (SBP<140 mmHg, n=4,683). We selected participants meeting SPRINTs criteria and used a validated polygenic risk score for SBP to emulate treatment effects.

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Coronary Artery Disease Myocardial Infarction Physiology Diabetes 40

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 2, 2024

This is particularly beneficial in managing conditions like hypertension, where precise control of dietary sodium intake is crucial. By optimizing risk assessments and providing tailored dietary interventions, precision nutrition can significantly reduce the risk of coronary artery disease and other cardiovascular conditions.

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Diet Technology Coronary Artery Disease Quality of Life 59

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 27, 2024

Old ‘NSTEMI’ A history of coronary artery disease and a stent to the same territory further increases pre-test likelihood of acute coronary occlusion, including in-stent thrombosis. See these posts: Chest Pain, ST Elevation, and an Elevated Troponin: Should we Activate the Cath Lab?

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A 56 year old male with a history of diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and coronary artery disease presented to the emergency department with sudden onset weakness, fatigue, lethargy, and confusion. This is another case sent by the undergraduate (who is applying to med school) who works as an EKG tech.

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EMS 12-Lead

MARCH 19, 2023

Vital signs were noted to be unremarkable with respect to any hypo-hypertensive crisis, hypoxia, etc. He denied any known medical history, specifically: coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, heart failure, myocardial infarction, or any prior PCI/stent. No appreciable skin pallor.

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Myocardial Infarction STEMI Coronary Angiogram Coronary Artery Disease 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This patient, who is a mid 60s female with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia and GERD, called 911 because of chest pain. A mid 60s woman with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and GERD called 911 for chest pain. An apical OMI has the same ultrasound findings as takotsubo, and thus mimics takotsubo. Lindahl et al.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Case submitted and written by Mazen El-Baba MD, with edits from Jesse McLaren and edits/comments by Smith and Grauer A 90-year old with a past medical history of atrial fibrillation, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, presented with acute onset chest/epigastric pain, nausea, and vomiting. Incidence of an acute coronary occlusion.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2018

The patient was in his 50s with history of hypertension, diabetes, seizure disorder, and smoking, but no known coronary artery disease. Angiographic and clinical outcomes among patients with acute coronary syndromes presenting with isolated anterior ST-segment depressions. mm for women, 2.0 Pride et al.

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MIBHS

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

A family history of heart disease often indicates that genetic factors might be at play. Common Heart Diseases with Genetic Links Coronary Artery Disease (CAD): CAD occurs when the arteries supplying blood to the heart become narrowed or blocked.

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Coronary Artery Disease Journal

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Background: Gender-specific outcomes after percutaneous coronary interventions were studied by a number of research groups with different endpoints and cohorts of different ethnic extractions. Results: Overall, in the unmatched cohorts, accumulated target-lesion revascularization rates did not differ between both genders (2.7%

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Stent Stents Outcomes Coronary Artery Disease 52

Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The primary outcome was the modified Rankin Score (mRS) measured at 12 months. Discussion:In addition to clinical determinants of age, ICH severity, and underlying dementia, educational attainment was an independent predictor of poor functional outcome after ICH.

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Hemorrhage Dementia Outcomes Education 40

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MAY 10, 2024

May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, and at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) , we’re determined to address mental health, especially its significant impact on women and cardiometabolic disease. Significantly, interventions to improve psychological health can positively affect cardiovascular outcomes.

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Coronary Artery Disease Obesity Chest Pain Ischemia 59

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

More past history: hypertension, tobacco use, coronary artery disease with two vessel PCI to the right coronary artery and circumflex artery several years prior. It is unknown when this pain recurred and became constant. He reports feeling nauseated with emesis.

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

The primary outcome was subsequent AIS admission within 90 days. After adjusting for sex, coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus, and smoking, patients with MA demonstrated an elevated risk for 90-day AIS (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 1.76, 95% CI 1.56-1.99,

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Strokes Stroke Atrial Fibrillation Risk Factors 40

Stroke Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The primary outcome was ischemic stroke; the secondary outcome was combined cardiovascular events (ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and cardiovascular death). The plaque-related risk of outcomes was also analyzed according to the presence of statin treatment.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Outcomes of interest included symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), asymptomatic ICH, hemorrhagic transformation, mass effect and death. Per local practice patterns, patients who underwent angioplasty or stenting were immediately started on dual antiplatelets with or without a glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor bridge.

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Angioplasty Thrombolysis Hemorrhage Stents 40

MIBHS

DECEMBER 13, 2024

One of the most effective treatments for severe coronary artery disease, a type of cardiovascular disease, is coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a procedure designed to restore blood flow to the heart. But does coronary artery bypass surgery also improve erectile capacity?

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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Diet Heart Disease Risk Factors 52

Dr. Anish Koka

MAY 16, 2023

Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko famously rejected the objective reality of Mendelian genetics because it clashed with the Marxist philosophy that the environment, not genetics, was the primary determinant of outcomes. Women also had more cardiovascular risk factors, including hypertension (66.6% versus 66.3%; P =0.004), older age (62.4±7.9

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Chest Pain Coronary Artery Disease Cancer Heart Attack 52

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

There are significant data that show that if you have obesity, you have a high risk of developing coronary heart disease, heart failure, type 2 diabetes (T2D) or risk factors such as hypertension and dyslipidemia. [1] Liraglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in type 2 diabetes.” International Journal of Obesity 38.8

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All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

OCTOBER 25, 2023

They concluded that early rhythm control therapy was associated with a lower risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes than usual care among patients with early atrial fibrillation and cardiovascular conditions. The study was stopped for efficacy at the third interim analysis after a median of 5.1 years of follow up per patient.

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Atrial Fibrillation Heart Failure Ablation Cardiac Arrest 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 6, 2019

A middle-aged woman with history of hypertension presented to another hospital approximately 2 hours after onset of chest pain and shortness of breath. I believe this is by far the most common outcome for this patient around the world in 2019. No other clinical outcomes were reported. This is technically a STEMI, with 1.5

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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Healy, MD, FACC, published an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine highlighting the findings of two studies in that issue demonstrating clear evidence of sex bias in the management of coronary artery disease.2 The result, she says, is improved outcomes, including reductions in hospitalizations and re-admissions.

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Cardiovascular Disease Education Coronary Artery Disease Risk Factors 43

Open Heart

MAY 28, 2024

Objective This study aims to compare aortic morphology between repaired coarctation patients and controls, and to identify aortic morphological risk factors for hypertension and cardiovascular events (CVEs) in coarctation patients. No geometrical characteristics were associated with hypertension. After a median follow-up of 8.7

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Even in those with documented coronary artery disease, less than half were on statin therapy, which has been repeatedly proven to decrease risk in this high-risk group 1. The more insulin resistant a person is, the higher their risk of coronary artery disease. Do not be blind to this obvious risk amplifier.

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Risk Factors Heart Disease Blood Pressure Coronary Artery Disease 52

Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac arrhythmia, the risk of cardiovascular adverse outcome rises when it coexists with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) or undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

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Atrial Fibrillation Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Coronary Artery Disease Heart Failure 40

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Methods The study consisted of 3828 patients diagnosed with STEMI who underwent primer percutaneous coronary intervention. As the primary outcome, in-hospital mortality was defined as all-cause deaths during hospitalization. We aimed to analyze the prognostic value of the NPS in-hospital mortality in patients with STEMI.

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Myocardial Infarction Hospital STEMI Cancer 52

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Tirzepatide’s Dual Benefits in Obesity : Recent studies on tirzepatide , a GLP-1 receptor agonist, revealed significant weight loss and improved outcomes in sleep apnea patients. This program seeks to enhance patient outcomes by intensifying treatment based on CAD stages, including novel lipid-lowering therapies and antithrombotic strategies.

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Blood Pressure Obesity Preserved Ejection Fraction Coronary Artery Disease 59

Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a measure of atherosclerosis and a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease. Athletes with a family history of coronary artery disease had a 174% greater risk of CAC ≥100 and a staggering 335% increased risk of CAC ≥400.

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