Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cleveland Clinic researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease. The study published in Nature Communications found that phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), produced by gut bacteria as a waste product, then absorbed and formed in the liver, interacts with previously undiscovered locations on beta-2 adrenergic receptors on heart cells once it enters the circulation.

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Heart Disease Cardiovascular Disease Circulation Research 130

Cardiovascular Diabetology

AUGUST 23, 2024

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Pentoxifylline (PTF), a nonselective phosphodiesterase inhibitor with anti-inflammatory, antiproliferative, and a.

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Kidney Disease Diabetes Atherosclerosis Cardiovascular Disease 129

HCPLive

AUGUST 21, 2024

Care for dialysis patients often focuses on kidney health, but experts and a patient stress the need for interdisciplinary care that also addresses sleep health.

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Med Page Today

AUGUST 20, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A disproportionality analysis based on reports in a World Health Organization (WHO) database suggested a suicidal ideation signal with the GLP-1 receptor agonist semaglutide (Ozempic, Rybelsus, Wegovy). Between 2000 and 2023.

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Physiologically Speaking

AUGUST 23, 2024

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 22, 2024

The researchers looked at data from 4,286 people -- out of a total of 17,605 from the landmark Semaglutide and Cardiovascular Outcomes (SELECT) trial who were randomly assigned either semaglutide or a placebo -- who were followed up over an average of more than three years.

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Ken Grauer, MD

AUGUST 22, 2024

The ECG shown in Figure-1 — was obtained from an older man with “CP” ( C hest P ain ) for the past 2 days. BP = 80/50 mm/Hg. Adenosine 6 mg IV was tried without response. QUESTIONS: How would YOU interpret this ECG? Your thoughts regarding optimal management? Figure-1: The initial ECG in today's case. ( To improve visualization — I've digitized the original ECG using PMcardio ).

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Med Page Today

AUGUST 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- A child's risk of congenital heart disease (CHD) may be related to a past hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in either parent, according to a retrospective cohort study. Paternal preconception HBV infection was linked to significantly.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

AUGUST 19, 2024

Benzodiazepine class insomnia drugs were associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a study published Aug. 7 in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 23, 2024

High levels of fitness are arguably the best predictors of longevity. If you want to extend your lifespan, prioritising fitness is essential. If you are not prioritising fitness, then you are leaving huge potential gains on the table. Here’s why. The evidence that high levels of exercise and subsequent fitness are linked with increased lifespan and health span is clear.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital have used artificial intelligence tools to accelerate the understanding of the risk of specific cardiac arrhythmias when various parts of the heart are exposed to different thresholds of radiation as part of a treatment plan for lung cancer.

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Cancer Arrhythmia Hospital Research 105

Med Page Today

AUGUST 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- This story is part of a series called "Ozempic: Weighing the Risks and Benefits." It was produced in part through a grant from the NIHCM Foundation. Shortages of popular new weight-loss drugs have driven a compounding boom that.

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HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

The third quarterly issue of 2024 reviews early versus late ERCP outcomes post-transplant, the impact of GLP-1RA use on endoscopic management, and the differential diagnosis of seronegative villous atrophy.

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Transplant Outcomes 105

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 19, 2024

Children born with certain heart defects undergo a series of invasive surgeries early in life. The first surgery includes implantation of a shunt to improve blood flow. However, as children grow, the shunt must be replaced to accommodate their changing bodies. Now, researchers report designing a shunt that expands when activated by light. This device could reduce the number of open-chest surgeries these children receive.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 19, 2024

Heart failure is a leading cause of death worldwide and is especially fatal for people who don't have access to medical facilities. So, a team of researchers aims to bring heart failure screening from the lab to the home. Their point-of-care electrochemical biosensor prototype, which resembles a see-through lateral flow test for COVID-19, can measure levels of two biomarkers for heart failure in as little as 15 minutes from just a drop of saliva.

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Heart Failure COVID-19 Biomarkers Research 104

Med Page Today

AUGUST 21, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- After cardiac surgery, women were particularly vulnerable to poor outcomes in the long run if the most common procedural complication had occurred, according to a large retrospective study from two tertiary care centers. Although.

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AFIB Outcomes 115

HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

Kumar explains what is known about the use of PPAR agonists in primary biliary cholangitis and the significance of the recent FDA accelerated approvals of elafibranor and seladelpar.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Statement Highlights: The latest research indicates that 16% to 85% of people recovering from a stroke experience at least one psychosocial symptom, including depression, anxiety, stress, fatigue and/or decreased quality of life. Critical nursing.

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ECG Cases

AUGUST 19, 2024

ECG artifact and lead reversal can mimic tachy-arrhythmia, infarct or Brugada. Learn how to identify these errors to prevent misdiagnosis on this month's ECG Cases with Dr. Jesse McLaren. The post ECG Cases 51 – Artifact and Lead Misplacement appeared first on Emergency Medicine Cases.

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Arrhythmia 97

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients suffering from lupus, an autoimmune disease in which our immune system attacks our own tissues and organs, the heart, blood, lung, joints, brain, and skin. Lupus myocarditis—inflammation of the heart muscle—can be very serious because the inflammation alters the regularity of the rhythm and strength of the heartbeat.

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Cardiovascular Disease 100

HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

This analysis evaluated the long-term follow-up and risks linked to the self-reported penicillin allergy persistence after a successful oral penicillin challenge and allergy label removal.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 19, 2024

The latest research indicates that 16% to 85% of people recovering from a stroke experience at least one psychosocial symptom, including depression, anxiety, stress, fatigue and/or decreased quality of life. Critical nursing interventions, such as regular mental health screenings, education, symptom management and follow-up care, are key to reducing the negative effects on a patient's mental well-being after a stroke, yet only a small proportion of patients receive treatment.

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Med Page Today

AUGUST 19, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- Darrell Dixon's father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough blood to his body. He died.

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Heart attacks Heart Attack Research 111

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 19, 2024

An international study led by Monash University researchers has found a surprising connection between constipation and an increased risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including heart attacks, strokes and heart failure.

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Risk Factors Heart attacks Heart Attack Heart Failure 102

HCPLive

AUGUST 21, 2024

A systematic review identified a notable link between the first year of statin discontinuation and the risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

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Outcomes 111

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 21, 2024

In the first 24 hours after a python devours its massive prey, its heart grows bigger, softer and stronger and its metabolism speeds up forty-fold. The extraordinary process could inspire novel treatments for heart disease and metabolic disorders.

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Heart Disease 98

Med Page Today

AUGUST 22, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- While counseling about walking did not increase step counts for people with peripheral artery disease (PAD), it still was linked to cardiovascular prevention in a post hoc analysis of a small randomized trial. After a few sessions.

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Peripheral Arterial Disease 98

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

Platelets are circulating cell fragments known to clump up and form blood clots that stop bleeding in injured vessels. Cardiologists have long known that platelets can become "hyperreactive" to cause abnormal clotting that blocks arteries and contributes to heart attack, stroke, and poor blood flow (peripheral artery disease) in the legs of millions of Americans.

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Heart attacks Heart Attack Peripheral Arterial Disease Blood Clot 91

HCPLive

AUGUST 21, 2024

These data highlight the necessity of equality in access to treatment and to the future development of psychological intervention measures using country-specific differences.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 21, 2024

A recent study explored one possible cause -- hyperoxia or high concentrations of oxygen given to such patients during surgery -- as opposed to doses more similar to air. The study concluded that hyperoxia increased oxidative stress during surgery, but this effect did not persist after surgery and did not lead to more acute kidney injury.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 18, 2024

Written by Pendell Meyers A man in his 70s presented with history of pacemaker presented with shortness of breath with exertion and presyncope. Here is his triage ECG with minimal symptoms: What do you think? The ECG shows pacemaker failure with inability to capture or sense, with either underlying atrial fibrillation or junctional escape rhythm. The QRS shows LVH and there are diffuse ST-T abnormalities likely in part appropriate for the LVH, though memory T waves are also a consideration.

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Science Daily - Stroke

AUGUST 21, 2024

Music-based movement therapy, known as the Ronnie Gardiner Method, has the potential to contribute to rehabilitation after a stroke and in other brain disorders.

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Stroke Strokes 91

HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

Intensive lipid-lowering treatment regimens were linked to a notable reduction in three-point MACE risk and ACS recurrence versus background statin therapy.

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Cardiovascular Diabetology

AUGUST 21, 2024

Albuminuria is considered an early and sensitive marker of kidney dysfunction, but also an independent cardiovascular risk factor. Considering the possible relationship among metabolic liver disease, cardiovas.

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Risk Factors Research 86

Science Daily - Heart Disease

AUGUST 21, 2024

A new study has found that asporin, a protein encoded by the ASPN gene, plays a protective role in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

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JAMA Cardiology

AUGUST 20, 2024

This cohort study analyzes data for 560 patients newly diagnosed with systemic AL amyloidosis to assess the differences between biomarkers, echocardiography, and cardiovascular magnetic resonance with extracellular volume mapping in characterizing cardiac amyloid infiltration.

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Biomarkers 87

HCPLive

AUGUST 23, 2024

Modifiable risk factors, including elevated HbA1C and blood pressure, were linked to a higher risk of DME development in a large multicenter database.

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Risk Factors Blood Pressure Diabetes 105