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New Alzheimer's Mimic Identified

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- A new memory-loss syndrome that mimics the clinical features of Alzheimer's disease was identified, researchers said. "We propose a set of clinical criteria for a limbic-predominant amnestic neurodegenerative syndrome [LANS.

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Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography to Honor Oxford’s Kenneth Chan, MBBS at SCCT2024

DAIC

Kenneth Chan, MBBS, Academic Clinical Research Fellow in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals (UK) will receive the 2024 SCCT Clinical Trials and Registries Award (CTRA) at the opening session of the Society’s 19th Annual Scientific Meeting (SCCT2024) on Friday, July 19 in Washington, DC. christine.book Fri, 07/19/2024 - 09:01 July 18, 2024 — The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography ( SCCT ) has announced it will honor Kenneth Chan, MBBS as recipient of

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Trans People on Hormone Therapy Don't Mind Potential Cardiovascular Side Effects

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Trans adults using gender-affirming hormone therapy said they were content that it helped their overall well-being and, indirectly, felt it benefited their cardiovascular health, researchers reported. Based on interviews with.

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Sunir J. Garg, MD: Pegcetacoplan Preserves Visual Function on Microperimetry

HCPLive

Pegcetacoplan for 36 months led to fewer absolute scotomatous points on microperimetry than delayed treatment, suggesting its efficacy in preserving vision.

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Why You Struggle To Lose Weight.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Over the last few months, I have gained weight, and I needed to lose it. The weight gain was intentional, as I was attempting to add muscle mass. But I overshot. Not by a huge amount, but I ended up about 5 kg (11 lbs) over where I was six months ago. Sure, some of that was muscle mass but by no means all of it. I needed to drop some of that excess weight, so what did I do?

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RHONE-X: 90% of Patients Treated with Faricimab Free from DME at 4 Years

HCPLive

New data from RHONE-X at ASRS suggest over 90% of DME patients treated with faricimab (Vabysmo) were DME-free at 4 years, with nearly 80% on 3-4 month dosing intervals.

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A Race Against Time: How One Idaho Hospital Added a New CT Suite to Better Serve Its Community

Cassling

Since 2014, Bonner General Health in Sand Point, Idaho, has experienced a staggering 73% increase in the number of CT scans they perform annually. This number is a direct result of the influx of population into the area. With only one CT scanner in the hospital to service outpatients and the emergency room, Bonner General saw an urgent need for expansion in order to better serve its patients.

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Diuretic Regimen Comparison in Ambulatory Congested HF Patients

American College of Cardiology

For patients with heart failure (HF) and refractory volume overload receiving treatment at an ambulatory care unit, how do three commonly used diuretic regimens compare in terms of potency and safety?

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Need for Sustained Anti-VEGF Delivery System for Neovascular AMD

HCPLive

Dr Dennis Marcus highlights the challenges of frequent anti-VEGF injections for neovascular AMD and provides an overview of PDS with ranibizumab.

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Physiology Friday #227: Restricting Carbohydrates at Night Improves Aerobic Fitness and Fat Metabolism

Physiologically Speaking

Greetings! Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. ICYMI: I’m doing my first subscriber Q&A session soon, where I’ll be answering questions submitted by my audience. If you’d like to submit a question, you can do so here. Details about the sponsors of this newsletter including Examine.com and my book “VO2 Max Essentials ” can be found at the end of the post!

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Ketogenic Diet Intervention Improves Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms

HCPLive

At the end of the intervention period, all patients displayed a significant reduction in weight of approximately 3 BMI points.

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ACC Practice Made Perfect: Tips and Tricks on Getting into Interventional Cardiology Fellowship: Transition from FIT to Faculty

American College of Cardiology

In this episode of Practice Made Perfect, Dr. Ravi Thakker, ACC Fellows-in-Training (FIT) Council Member and FIT Section Editor-in-Chief, interviews interventional cardiologist Dr. Mirza Umair Khalid on how general cardiology fellows can best prepare for interventional cardiology fellowship.

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RESTORE: MCO-010 Significantly Improves Visual Acuity in Retinitis Pigmentosa

HCPLive

Topline Phase 2b/3 results show high- and low-dose MCO-010 treatment improved BCVA compared to control through 100 weeks.

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Heart Failure Society of America selects new officers, board members

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

The Heart Failure Society of America recently appointed Kenneth Margulies, MD, a professor at Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, as the board of directors' president-elect for the 2024-25 cycle, according to a July 18 news release from the organization.

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Medical Debt Causes Many People to Delay or Forgo Mental Health Care

HCPLive

A new study found individuals with depression and anxiety have a high prevalence of medical debt.

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American Society for Preventive Cardiology to honor 3 cardiologists

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

The American Society for Preventive Cardiology will recognize three cardiologists at the 2024 Congress on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, according to a June 4 news release from the organization.

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Increased Adverse Event Risk Linked with Long-Term Oral Corticosteroid Use for Eczema

HCPLive

These findings suggest that those with atopic dermatitis exacerbations may need to limit their oral corticosteroid duration for the purposes of limiting AEs.

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Psychosocial Stress and CVD in Women: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review about psychosocial stress on cardiovascular disease (CVD) in women.

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Nonsterile Gloves Offer Little Protection Against Post-Injection Endophthalmitis, Study Finds

HCPLive

An ASRS 2024 study found no significant difference in post-injection endophthalmitis rates between using nonsterile gloves and not using gloves for anti-VEGF injections.

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Who Should Undergo CTO PCI and When?: An Evidence-Based Approach to the Patient Referred for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 18 July 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Kevin Soriano, Ginger Jiang, Lauren Balkan, Hector Tamez Aguilar, Robert Yeh

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Charles C. Wykoff, MD, PhD: Interim Analysis on Ixo-Vec Gene Therapy for nAMD

HCPLive

A single Ixo-vec injection showed up to a 95% reduction in annualized anti-VEGF injections, according to first-time 26-week results from the Phase 2 LUNA study.

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Feasibility of epicardial implantation of medtronic 3830 lead in a pediatric patient : case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

High-grade atrioventricular block is the primary reason for epicardial permanent pacemaker implantation during the perioperative period in patients with congenital heart disease. Due to the smaller diameter of.

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Edward H. Wood, MD: Pharmacodynamics of Subretinal RGX-314 for Wet AMD

HCPLive

RGX-314 produced by the NAVXpress platform process showed a similar clinical profile to the adherent cell culture process in this Phase 2 pharmacodynamic study.

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This one, is not an easy question about VPDs !

Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

A 40 year old women with palpiation found to have complex multiple VPDs and elevated thyroid hormones. The GP has refered for further management to a cardiologist, frightened by the morphology and frequency of VPDs. The cardiologist has sent him to a EP guy.I guess he was not briefed well about the patient, and he decided to do , what he is best at.He tried to fix and shoot down the VPDs.

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Oral Dimethyl Fumarate’s Effect on Psoriasis Patients Meeting Upgrade Criteria

HCPLive

These data highlight results on efficacy, quality of life, and tolerability of DMF within routine clinical practice among those with plaque psoriasis.

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Risk Factors of Ischemic Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Post Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation From the Randomized ENVISAGE-TAVI AF Trial

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 18 July 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Christian Hengstenberg, Martin Unverdorben, Helge Möllmann, Nicolas M. Van Mieghem, Holger Thiele, Peter Nordbeck, Tienush Rassaf, Raul Moreno, Roxana Mehran, James Jin, Irene Lang, Roland Veltkamp, George D.

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Introduction and Overview of the Physiological Role of Iron Metabolism

HCPLive

A panel of experts on iron deficiency anemia introduce themselves and provide an overview of the physiology of iron metabolism and iron deficiency.

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Equitable Care for Hypertension: RICH LIFE Project Outcomes

American College of Cardiology

What is the impact of enhanced standard of care plus care management and stepped care on blood pressure (BP) control?

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Study Reveals Strong Link Between Arthritis and Erectile Dysfunction

HCPLive

Erectile dysfunction was significantly linked to arthritis and remained significant even after adjustment.

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Effect of Telecardiology After Hospital Discharge for Acute Coronary Syndromes

NEJM Journal Watch - Cardiology

A clinical trial in the U.K. shows a significant reduction in hospital readmission.

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Exploring the Noninvasive Evaluation of the Pulmonary Pressure–Flow Relationship During Exercise

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print.

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Pharmacist’s Role in the Success of Blood Pressure Control Interventions: Evidence Isn’t the Barrier…

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print.

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A man in his 80s with chest pain and ventricular paced rhythm

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Written by Pendell Meyers, with edits by Smith A man in his 80s presented with acute chest pain and normal vital signs. Here is his triage ECG at time = 0: What do you think? (No prior ECG was available for comparison) The ECG shows ventricular paced rhythm with findings very suspicious for posterior OMI, including inappropriately isoelectric ST segments in V2-V3 (we know by the principle of appropriate discordance that there should be appropriately discordant STE in these leads).