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Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Occlusion myocardial infarction is a clinical diagnosis Written by Willy Frick (@Willyhfrick). Willy is a cardiology fellow with a keen interest in the ECG in OMI. A woman in her late 70s presented with left arm pain. The arm pain started the day prior when she was at the dentist's office for a root canal. Her systolic blood pressure at the dentist was over 200 mm Hg.

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Rheumatoid Arthritis Quiz: Anxiety and Depression in RA

HCPLive

It is common for patients with rheumatoid arthritis to have mental health conditions. Test your knowledge of the impact of anxiety and depression in rheumatoid arthritis with this quiz.

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How PACS Image Sharing Can Be Simple, Secure & HIPAA Compliant

NOVARAD

In today’s healthcare world, sharing medical images securely and in compliance with regulations is nothing short of a tightrope walk. As we move further into the digital age, the task of keeping sensitive patient data under lock and key while still at the ready for healthcare professionals has become a priority. That’s where PACS image sharing steps into the limelight.

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Phase 3 APPLY-PNH Extension Data Show Sustained Benefit of Iptacopan (Fabhalta) for PNH

HCPLive

Results showed treatment with iptacopan through 48 weeks caused hemoglobin-level increases, blood transfusion avoidance, and reductions in patient-reported fatigue.

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Mentice Enters Agreement to Acquire All Substantial Assets from Biomodex

DAIC

Getty Images milla1cf Mon, 12/11/2023 - 14:55 December 11, 2023 — Mentice AB , a world leader in simulation solutions for image guided interventional therapies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire all substantial assets from Paris-based company Biomodex for a purchase price of 200,000 EUR, following a decision by their board to dissolve operations.

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Cannabis Treatment Linked to Improving Quality of Life in ADHD Patients

HCPLive

In a new study, patients with ADHD on cannabis-based medicinal products had significant improvements for anxiety, sleep quality, and health-related quality of life.

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RapidAI Announces a Series of Industry Firsts – Unique Rapid Edge Cloud Platform, Breakthrough AI Non-Contrast CT Suite, International Expansion in Japan

DAIC

milla1cf Mon, 12/11/2023 - 14:47 December 11, 2023 — RapidAI , a global leader in developing artificial intelligence (AI) and technology workflow solutions to combat life-threatening neurovascular, trauma, cardiac and vascular conditions, is proud to announce major milestones in advancing its industry-leading deep clinical AI, including: Launch of its unique AI-based healthcare platform, Rapid Edge Cloud*, a hybrid (cloud and on-premise) technology infrastructure built to be faster, more secure

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Study Highlights Lack of Hepatitis C Screening Despite Growing Prevalence

HCPLive

Just 8.5% of eligible patients were screened for hepatitis C - among them, 5.9% tested positive for HCV antibody and 3.0% had an active infection.

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Applications Being Accepted for 2024-25 Bob Cassling Memorial Scholarships

Cassling

The window for the 2024-2025 Bob Cassling Memorial Scholarship is now open and will be accepting submissions through January 14, 2024. T he scholarship, which honors the late founder of Cassling, provides financial support to rural healthcare professionals seeking a degree or certification in the imaging or radiation therapy fields. Higher education has never been more important for a diagnostic imaging professional’s career.

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Researcher finds increased risk of cardiovascular disease in people with hereditary lipid disorders

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Tigist Wodaje from the Endocrinology Unit at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), is defending her thesis, "Hereditary hypercholesterolemia and cardiovascular disease: functional and epidemiological aspects," on 14 December, 2023. The main supervisor is Jonas Brink (MedH).

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New study reveals latest data on global burden of cardiovascular disease

Science Daily - Heart Disease

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new report. The report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of CVD from 1990-2022 by analyzing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions.

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Neighborhoods and Cardiovascular Health: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, Ahead of Print. The neighborhoods where individuals reside shape environmental exposures, access to resources, and opportunities. The inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities across neighborhoods perpetuates and exacerbates cardiovascular health inequities. Thus, interventions that address the neighborhood environment could reduce the inequitable burden of cardiovascular disease in disenfranchised populations.

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(Video) New AHA Scientific Statement Endorses Resistance Training for Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

Emerging evidence that lifting weights has profound cardiovascular benefits.

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Using a unique organ-on-a-chip model to unlock answers to vascular aging

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Using a novel "organ-on-a-chip" model, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute researchers have discovered a potential therapeutic target that may slow down vascular aging and reduce heart disease, kidney dysfunction and vascular dementia.

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Looking Back on Dermatology's Historic 2023 with Raj Chovatiya, MD, PhD

HCPLive

2023 was a year of both advancements and setbacks for various treatments, and this discussion covers the most significant moves by the FDA this year.

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New study reveals latest data on global burden of cardiovascular disease

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A world without cardiovascular disease (CVD) is possible, yet millions of lives are lost prematurely to heart disease each year, according to the new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) special report published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The report provides an update of health estimates for the global, regional and national burden and trends of CVD from 1990-2022 by analyzing the impact of cardiovascular conditions and risk factors across 21 global regions.

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Opposite causal effects of birthweight on myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation and the distinct mediating pathways: a Mendelian randomization study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Previous observational studies have documented an inverse association of birthweight with myocardial infarction (MI) but a positive association with atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the causality of these as.

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Spanish scientists identify molecular mechanisms controlling genes involved in formation of the heart valves

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A team of researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) in Madrid has identified the molecular mechanisms that control the activity of genes involved in both the correct formation of the heart valves and the prevention of their subsequent calcification.

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Stigmatizing Attitudes Against Individuals with Acne Observed in Several Different Settings

HCPLive

Given the lack of widespread awareness of the magnitude and prevalence of the public’s stigma toward people with acne, this research sought to expand upon this body of research.

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Obesity worsens outcomes of right ventricular dysfunction: Insights from a hospital-based study

Cardiology Update

Previous studies have associated obesity with negative changes in the right ventricle using imaging techniques. However, the connection between obesity and more direct measures of right ventricle function, particularly those reflecting hemodynamic consequences, have been unclear. In a recent study published in Circulation: Heart Failure , researchers analyzed a large group of individuals with various cardiopulmonary diseases who had undergone right heart catheterization.

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Non-Insulin Diabetes Medications Safe for Infants in Early Pregnancy

HCPLive

Multinational data support the safety of drug classes like GLP-1 agonists during early relative to infant risk of major congenital malformations.

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Heparin Dosing During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Obesity

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Unfractionated heparin is the most common anticoagulant used during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Practice guidelines recommend an initial weight-based heparin bolus dose between 70 to 100 U/kg to achieve target activated clotting time (ACT) of 250-300 seconds. The impact of severe obesity on weight-based heparin dosing is not well studied.

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Novel Investigational Approaches For the Treatment of Neovascular AMD

HCPLive

Dr Paul Hahn and Dr Michael Cohen explore upcoming treatments featuring innovative mechanisms of action and novel delivery systems for addressing neovascular AMD.

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LncRNA MALAT1-targeting antisense oligonucleotide ameliorates the AngII-induced vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation and migration via Nrf2/GPX4 antioxidant pathway

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Abstract: The high level of oxidative stress induced by angiotensin II (AngII) is the main pathophysiological process that promotes the proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and induces vascular remodeling. LncRNA Metastasis-related lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 (MALAT1) has been determined to play an important role in the modulation of oxidative stress and the development of cardiovascular diseases.

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Study Reveals Higher Prevalence of STIs Among Adolescents, Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease

HCPLive

A higher prevalence of STI diagnosis is observed in adolescents and young adults with sickle cell disease compared with controls.

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Blood Pressure Trajectories Through the First Year Postpartum in Overweight or Obese Individuals Following a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. Background:Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are associated with cardiovascular disease; however, patterns of blood pressure (BP) recovery are understudied. We compared pregnancy and postpartum BP trajectories among individuals with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy who developed persistent hypertension at 1-year postpartum compared with individuals with normalization of BP.Methods:We used data from a randomized clinical trial of individuals with overweight, obe

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Venous Thromboembolism Incidence Low in Pediatric Cancer Patients with COVID-19

HCPLive

Findings of a new study suggest COVID-19 does not serve as risk factor for the development of VTE in pediatric cancer patients.

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Potential Long-Term Benefit of Home Systolic Blood Pressure Below 125 mm?Hg for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction: The J-HOP Study Extended

Hypertension Journal

Hypertension, Ahead of Print. BACKGROUND:The long-term benefit of achieving the Japanese Society of Hypertension home systolic blood pressure (SBP) target of <125 mm Hg has not been fully evaluated. This study investigated the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease events in individuals with home SBP <125 versus 125 to <135 or ≥135 mm Hg who participated in the J-HOP study (Japan Morning Surge-Home Blood Pressure).METHODS:The J-HOP study enrolled outpatients with ≥1 cardio

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SURMOUNT-4: Tirzepatide Withdrawal Linked to 20 Percentage-Point Weight Regain

HCPLive

Phase 3 data show patients with obesity who maintained tirzepatide from weeks 36 to 88 continued significant weight loss versus patients switched to placebo.

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Fusion Modeling: Combining Clinical and Imaging Data to Advance Cardiac Care

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, Ahead of Print. In addition to the traditional clinical risk factors, an increasing amount of imaging biomarkers have shown value for cardiovascular risk prediction. Clinical and imaging data are captured from a variety of data sources during multiple patient encounters and are often analyzed independently. Initial studies showed that fusion of both clinical and imaging features results in superior prognostic performance compared with traditional scores.

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(Video) New AHA Scientific Statement Endorses Resistance Training for Heart Health

Physiologically Speaking

Emerging evidence that lifting weights has profound cardiovascular benefits.

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A potential role for pharmacological phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitors in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

An abstract is unavailable. This article is available as a PDF only.

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Direct VO2 Measurement: Getting the Fick Right for Heart Transplant Eligibility

Circulation: Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print.

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Correction to: Projected Global Trends in Ischemic Stroke Incidence, Deaths and Disability-Adjusted Life Years From 2020 to 2030

Stroke Journal

Stroke, Ahead of Print.

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New Study Reveals Latest Data on Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease

DAIC

A major new study, Global Burden of Disease, has been published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, JACC , by the Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Collaboration — an alliance between JACC , the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

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World AIDS Day | Antiretroviral Therapy’s Impact on Cardiovascular Health

Wellnest

World AIDS Day 2023 Introduction: World AIDS Day 2023 serves as a poignant reminder of the ongoing global battle against HIV/AIDS, urging us to reflect on the progress made and the challenges that persist. Under the theme ‘Let communities lead,’ this year’s focus emphasizes communities’ indispensable role in shaping the HIV response. To uncover the same, we delve into the global health landscape, the intricacies of HIV, the impact of Modern Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) on PLWDH’s general and car