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Medicaid Expansion and Healthcare Workers; Cardiac Rehabilitation

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

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Diabetes Dialogue: SELECT, Semaglutide, & the Future of Incretin Therapies, with A. Michael Lincoff, MD

HCPLive

In this episode, hosts are joined by co-chair of the SELECT steering committee A. Michael Lincoff, MD, to discuss results, potential explanations for cardiovascular benefit beyond weight reduction, FLOW trials implications, and the future of incretin therapies.

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Boston Scientific AGENT Drug-Coated Balloon Lands Long-Awaited FDA Approval

CardiacWire

The United States has been way behind other nations in using drug-coated balloons (DCB) to treat coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR), but that’s about to change thanks to the FDA approval of Boston Scientific’s AGENT Drug-Coated Balloon. Boston Scientific’s AGENT DCB is a paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter, designed to re-open ISR vessels and then transfer the drug to the vessel wall to help prevent ISR reoccurrence (which happens w/ 10% of PCIs).

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Changes in Global Longitudinal Strain as a Predictor of Cardiotoxicity after Exposure to Carfilzomib

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Ranbir Singh, Dylan Sperling, Anthony Delicce, Sophia Golec, Supreet Singh, Nicole Zatorski, Solomon Bienstock, Sumeet Singh Mitter, Stamatios Lerakis, Gagan D.

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Clinical Quiz: AGA Guideline for Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies in Gastrointestinal Disease

HCPLive

Test your knowledge of the AGA Clinical Practice Guideline on Fecal Microbiota-Based Therapies for Select Gastrointestinal Diseases with this clinical quiz!

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Transcatheter Intervention for Inoperable Tricuspid Surgical Prosthesis Dysfunction: Minimally Invasive Approach to Mitigate Heart Failure

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 2 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Piotr Nikodem Rudziński, Jan Henzel, Adam Witkowski, Maciej Dąbrowski, Zenon Huczek, Wojciech Wojakowski, Radosław Targoński, Dariusz Jagielak, Paweł Kralisz, Marcin Demkow

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Distal Vs. Proximal Radial Arterial Access For Percutaneous Coronary Angiography and Intervention: Updated Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 2 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Syed Hamza Mufarrih, Sajjad Haider, Nada Qaisar Qureshi, Mohammad Saud Khan, Mohammed Kazimuddin, Muhammad Shoaib Akbar, Sameer Saleem, Syeda Aleena Mufarrih, Avnish Tripathi, Aniruddha Singh, Mohammad Abdul Waheed

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Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: From Risk Stratification to Treatment

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Marko Banovic, Bernard Iung, Svetozar Putnik, Thabo Mahendiran, Marc Vanderheyden, Emanuele Barbato, Jozef Bartunek

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Safety and Efficacy of Enoxaparin During Low-Risk Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Hani Alturkmani, Barry Uretsky, Swetal Patel, Mu'nes Albadaineh, Omar Alqaisi, Malek Alaiwah, Michael Cross, Danish Abbasi, William Rollefson

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Low Muscle Mass by Pre-Procedural Computed Tomography is Associated with Worse Short-Term Outcomes in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Recipients

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Ian Persits, Saeid Mirzai, Kunaal S. Sarnaik, Maximilian C. Volk, James Yun, Serge Harb, Rishi Puri, Samir Kapadia, Amar Krishnaswamy, Po-Hao Chen, Grant Reed, W.H.

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Association Between Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms and Clinical Outcomes: A Prospective Multicenter Registry Study

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Sang Jun Lee, Junbeom Park, Jin-Kyu Park, Ki-Woon Kang, Jaemin Shim, Eue-Keun Choi, Jun Kim, Jin-Bae Kim, Young Soo Lee, Hyung Wook Park, Boyoung Joung

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Cardiovascular Outcomes With Empagliflozin and Dapagliflozin in Patients Without Diabetes

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Sahib Singh, Aakash Garg, Udaya S Tantry, Kevin Bliden, Paul A Gurbel, Martha Gulati

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The Characteristics of Primary Retrograde Approach Selection for Native Coronary Chronic Occlusion with Short Occlusion Length from the Japanese CTO-PCI Expert Registry

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 1 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Yusuke Ochiumi, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Koichi Kishi, Hisayuki Okada, Yoshiaki Ito, Yuji Oikawa, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Atsunori Okamura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Osamu Katoh

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Etiologies and Impact of Exclusion Rates for Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Structural Heart Clinical Trials at a High Volume Quaternary Care Hospital

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 2 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Lu Chen, Lin Wang, George Petrossian, Newell Robinson, William Chung, Matthew Henry, Dennis Mihalatos, Ruqiyya Bano, Jonathan Weber, Jaffar Khan, David J. Cohen, Andrew Berke, Ziad Ali, Omar K.

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Distal versus Proximal Radial Artery Access for Cardiac Catheterization: 1-year Outcomes

The American Journal of Cardiology

Publication date: Available online 2 March 2024 Source: The American Journal of Cardiology Author(s): Karim Al-Azizi, Ghadi Moubarak, Chadi Dib, Sameh Sayfo, Molly Szerlip, Sibi Thomas, Sarah Hale, Johanna Van Zyl, Richard M. Settele, Osniel Ramos Gonzalez, Stephanie J. Ventura, J. Michael DiMaio, Michael J.