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Non-COVID-19 cardiovascular pathology from return-to-play screening in college athletes after COVID-19

Heart BMJ

We examined incidental non-COVID-19 cardiovascular pathology in college athletes undergoing postinfection return-to-play screening. Athletes with an ECG and transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and no pre-existing conditions were included.

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Feasibility, efficacy and safety of exercise stress echocardiography during the COVID-19 pandemic

Open Heart

Objective To assess the feasibility, efficacy and safety of performing exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) for the assessment of myocardial ischaemia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the 17 healthcare professionals performing ESE, none contracted COVID-19 during this period. SE service performance increased to 96.8%

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Comprehending the Dreadful Impacts of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Treatments

SoftCath

The existence of the Covid-19 pandemic has shaken the lives of people around the world and is continuing to do so. Primarily, physicians were suspecting Covid-19 to be a respiratory disorder. Now let us move forward and study some other crucial impacts of Covid-19 on cardiology departments.

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Rise of COVID's JN.1 Sub variant Cases in India in 2023

Wellnest

On Sunday, the nation reported 841 new instances of COVID-19, marking the most substantial daily increase in over 10 months. As India concludes 2023, the final fortnight of December has witnessed nearly 8,500 Covid-19 cases. There is a heightened awareness of caution as Covid-19 resurfaces during winter.

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Italy’s Pioneering Push for Telemedicine. Supported by AI

Cardiomatics

The system is decentralized with 19 regions and two autonomous provinces responsible for the delivery of health services through Local Health Units (ASLs). years, which has recovered well following a large decline due to COVID in 2020. In terms of healthcare spending, Italy allocates about 9.4%

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Study: Robotic Arm Can be Used for Remote Echocardiograms

DAIC

Echocardiograms using the robotic arm resulted in the same diagnosis as conventional in-person echocardiography in 98% of cases (papillary muscle level obstruction was missed in one case). tim.hodson Thu, 08/29/2024 - 11:39 Aug. 28, 2024 — New research presented at this year’s ESC Congress 2024 in London, UK (Aug. 30 – Sept.

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The latest CDC paper on vaccine myocarditis is NOT reassuring

Dr. Anish Koka

Today’s post on the latest COVID vaccine myocarditis paper gets a big assist from the wicked smart data visualization expert Josh Stevenson ( subscribe to his substack !) In August 2021, the CDC began a study to follow-up cases of myocarditis in the age group at highest risk for myocarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination.