Ken Grauer, MD

OCTOBER 10, 2024

I was sent the ECG shown in Figure-1 — told only that the patient was a middle-aged man with septicemia. QUESTIONS: Is this rhythm too fast to be sinus tachycardia? Are flutter waves hidden within the QRS and T waves? Are we seeing the retrograde P waves of AVNRT? Is this ATach ( A trial T achycardia )? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. MY Thoughts on Today’s CASE: In my opinion — none of the above answers are optimal to describe the rhythm in Figure-1.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Guideline Highlights: Each year in the U.S., over half a million people have a first stroke; however, up to 80% of strokes may be preventable. The new primary prevention of stroke guideline from the American Stroke Association urges health care.

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Strokes Stroke 143

Med Page Today

OCTOBER 14, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Children and teens had an increased risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes after COVID-19 infection, a retrospective cohort study of over 600,000 youth suggested. Adolescents 10 to 19 years old had a 55% higher risk for.

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American Heart News - Heart News

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Research Highlights: An analysis of UK Biobank health data that included adults who had mild to severe COVID-19 before vaccines were available found an increased risk of heart attack, stroke and death among those adults during the nearly three-year.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 9, 2024

A history of COVID-19 can double the risk of heart attack, stroke or death according to new research led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Southern California.

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HCPLive

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Hiddo Heerspink, PhD, PharmD, joins the podcast during Kidney Week 2024 to discuss the SMART trial and the potential of semaglutide in people with kidney disease without diabetes.

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Tissue regeneration is orchestrated by macrophages that clear damaged cells and promote regenerative inflammation. How macrophages spatially adapt and diversify their functions to support the architectural requirements of actively regenerating tissue remains unknown. In this study, we reconstructed the dynamic trajectories of myeloid cells isolated from acutely injured and early stage dystrophic muscles.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Most patients should not stop taking GLP-1 receptor agonists prior to elective surgery, according to updated guidance from several medical societies, including the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). This recommendation.

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American Heart News - Heart News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Statement Highlights: Previous studies have found that 14-81% of patients with heart failure experience some degree of cognitive impairment affecting language, memory or executive function. Evidence also indicates that people with atrial fibrillation.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Standing has gained popularity among people looking to offset the harms of a sedentary lifestyle often caused by spending long days sitting in front of the computer, television or driving wheel. Standing desks have become a popular option among office workers, and in other industries like retail, workers may opt to stand instead of sit.

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Cardiovascular Disease 137

HCPLive

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Kidney Compass: Navigating Clinical Trials is a multimedia podcast from HCPLive hosted by Brendon Neuen, MBBS, PhD, and Shikha Wadhwani, MD, MS, aimed at exploring the latest in clinical trials and updates in nephrology.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Written by Magnus Nossen The patient in today's case is a male in his 70s with hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus. His wife contacted the ambulance service after the patient experienced an episode of loss of consciousness. The syncope lasted about 2-3 minutes according to his wife. He woke up alert and with chest pain which he also had experienced intermittently over the previous few days.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 14, 2024

New York City-based NYU Langone hospital had the lowest 30-day mortality rate for heart attack patients in the U.S. between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2023, according to CMS data released July 31.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 23, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Poor sleep at age 40 was associated with accelerated brain aging patterns at age 55, longitudinal data showed. A dose-response relationship emerged between the number of poor sleep characteristics early in midlife and brain.

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Physiologically Speaking

OCTOBER 25, 2024

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Alternating between sitting and standing at work decreases sedentary behavior, but it has no effect on lowering blood pressure, according to a study led by a West Virginia University epidemiologist. Researchers also found that too much standing during work may have negative effects on cardiovascular health.

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Blood Pressure Research 124

American Heart News - Heart News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Research Highlights: Within 90 days after having an ischemic (clot-caused) stroke, about 5% of stroke survivors ages 65 and older were prescribed benzodiazepines (depressants that relieve anxiety, muscle spasms, produce sedation and reduce seizures).

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Patients with low-to-normal body mass index (BMI; < 25.0 kg/m2) were underrepresented in major randomized controlled trials on sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors for type 2 diabetes. The present st.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 31, 2024

New research has found inflammatory markers in the blood of long COVID patients which could explain why many experience ongoing cardiovascular issues.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 24, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Semaglutide (Ozempic) was tied to a reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease diagnoses in people with type 2 diabetes, observational data showed. In emulation target trials involving more than 1 million eligible diabetes patients.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2024

This was submitted by a paramedic, Hailey Kennedy A late 50s male called 911 following 2 hours of chest pain that started while working at his desk. He reported the crushing chest pain radiated down his left arm. Pt took an antacid with no relief and decided to call at the request of his wife. Here is his EMS ECG: What do you think? This was sent to me with no clinical information, and my initial impression viewing it on my phone was "It’s a tricky one.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

OCTOBER 16, 2024

With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks 118

HCPLive

OCTOBER 31, 2024

In this first of this 5-part series, Lerma and Lala-Trindade discuss the interplay between chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular disease.

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Nature Reviews - Cardiology

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 18 October 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01095-x Consumption of a high-fat diet leads to the progressive growth of atherosclerotic lesions. Two new studies document that, despite similar overall exposure to high-fat diet over a lifetime, an intermittent consumption of high-fat diet early in life accelerates atherosclerosis compared with continuous consumption of a high-fat diet.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Long-term exposure to arsenic in water may increase cardiovascular risk and especially heart disease risk even at exposure levels below the federal regulatory limit, according to new research. A study describes exposure-response relationships at concentrations below the current regulatory limit and substantiates that prolonged exposure to arsenic in water contributes to the development of ischemic heart disease.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 31, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Intraosseous vascular access for the administration of epinephrine during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest wasn't better than going for the veins first, two separate randomized trials showed. In the PARAMEDIC-3 trial conducted.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Insufficient arm support can lead to an overestimated blood pressure reading of almost 7mmHG and a potential misdiagnosis of hypertension, according to a study published Oct. 7 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Research Highlights: A retrospective look at Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke registry data from 2003 to 2022 finds substantial and sustained improvements in acute stroke care among those in the quality improvement program. Researchers found.

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HCPLive

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In this interview, Kwatra highlighted several key takeaways from his talks on prurigo nodularis, atopic dermatitis, and itch at the Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference.

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

OCTOBER 1, 2024

BACKGROUND Cystic kidney disease (CyKD) is a predominantly familial disease in which gene discovery has been led by family-based and candidate gene studies, an approach that is susceptible to ascertainment and other biases.METHODS Using whole-genome sequencing data from 1,209 cases and 26,096 ancestry-matched controls participating in the 100,000 Genomes Project, we adopted hypothesis-free approaches to generate quantitative estimates of disease risk for each genetic contributor to CyKD, across

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe, Low-level lead poisoning is a risk factor for preterm. Annually 5.5 million deaths from cardiovascular disease attributed to low-level lead poisoning; accounts for a loss of 765 million IQ points in children.

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Med Page Today

OCTOBER 30, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Any cardiovascular protection from colchicine in heart attack survivors seemed to be debunked with a better-powered randomized trial, researchers found. Between acute MI patients randomized to colchicine or placebo right after.

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Heart Attack Heart attacks Research 119

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Healthgrades published its 2025 Specialty Excellence Awards recipients Oct. 22. Of those recipients, 50 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery.

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

AstraZeneca expanded its cardiovascular pipeline this week, signing an exclusive license agreement for CSPC Pharmaceutical Group’s Lp(a) disruptor candidate, YS2302018. The deal comes with a $100M upfront investment that could reach $1.92B depending on further milestones. YS2302018 is a small molecule Lipoprotein (a) disruptor intended to treat dyslipidemia patients by preventing the formation of excess blood lipids.

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Cholesterol 111

HCPLive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Laurence Sperling, MD, and Eugenia Gianos, MD, discuss the historical context and underutilization of lipoprotein apheresis in part 1 of a 3-part video series.

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

OCTOBER 28, 2024

To investigate the clinical effect of thoracoscopic segmentectomy in the treatment of lung malignancies less than 2CM in diameter. In this retrospective study, a total of 103 patients with lung cancer who received outpatient or inpatient treatment from December 2020 to May 2022 were selected and divided into the lobectomy group (n = 48) and the segmentectomy group (n = 55) according to different surgical methods.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

OCTOBER 30, 2024

New research suggests older adults wait 3-6 months after a heart attack before elective noncardiac surgery to reduce the risk of serious complications like stroke or another heart attack.

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