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Data-independent LC-MS/MS analysis of ME/CFS plasma reveals a dysregulated coagulation system, endothelial dysfunction, downregulation of complement machinery

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) is a debilitating chronic condition that is characterized by unresolved fatigue, post-exertion symptom exacerbation (PESE), cognitive dysfunction, or.

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COVID May Affect Type 1 Diabetes in Kids, and Not in a Good Way

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- COVID-19 may accelerate progression of presymptomatic type 1 diabetes in youth, a German study suggested. Incidence of clinical type 1 diabetes nearly doubled after the pandemic started among 591 youth ages 1 to 16 known to.

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Dietary patterns to promote cardiometabolic health

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 17 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01061-7 Various dietary patterns have been proposed to improve cardiometabolic health. In this Review, Pagidipati et al. emphasize the commonalities between recommendations on what to eat (Mediterranean, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension and low-carbohydrate or ketogenic diets) and the possible benefits of time-restricted eating and intermittent fasting.

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30-year risk of cardiovascular disease may help inform blood pressure treatment decisions

Science Daily - Heart Disease

According to a new study, both 30-year risk for cardiovascular disease in addition to 10-year risk may be considered in making decisions about when to initiate high blood pressure medication.

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Bridging Innovation & Patient Care: The Growing Role of AI

Speaker: Simran Kaur, Co-founder & CEO at Tattva Health Inc.

AI is transforming clinical trials—accelerating drug discovery, optimizing patient recruitment, and improving data analysis. But its impact goes far beyond research. As AI-driven innovation reshapes the clinical trial process, it’s also influencing broader healthcare trends, from personalized medicine to patient outcomes. Join this new webinar featuring Simran Kaur for an insightful discussion on what all of this means for the future of healthcare!

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HeartBeam’s Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Combined with Vectorcardiography (VCG) Outperforms Expert Cardiologists in Detecting Arrhythmias

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mtaschetta-millane Mon, 07/15/2024 - 11:18 July 15, 2024 — HeartBeam, Inc. , a medical technology company focused on transforming cardiac care through the power of personalized insights, today announced new study data demonstrating that HeartBeam AI combined with vectorcardiography (VCG) outperformed an expert panel of heart rhythm cardiologists in detecting atrial flutter.

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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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Adjusting to a diagnosis you do NOT want to adjust to

Heart Sisters

I began to notice that my cardiac diagnosis seemed to alter my own best-before date - as if I'd been one person for 50+ years, and then overnight I became a different one I didn't recognize.

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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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D.C. Hospital Gets a Wake-Up Call to Chagas Disease

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Researchers from one Washington, D.C., center confirmed that there was a high prevalence of Chagas disease in a sample of Latin American immigrants hospitalized with cardiac conditions. Of 97 adults who underwent a transthoracic.

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Circadian disruption, clock genes, and metabolic health

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

A growing body of research has identified circadian-rhythm disruption as a risk factor for metabolic health. However, the underlying biological basis remains complex, and complete molecular mechanisms are unknown. There is emerging evidence from animal and human research to suggest that the expression of core circadian genes, such as circadian locomotor output cycles kaput gene (CLOCK), brain and muscle ARNT-Like 1 gene (BMAL1), period (PER), and cyptochrome (CRY), and the consequent expression

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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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Lipoprotein(a) and Long-Term Plaque Progression, Low-Density Plaque, and Pericoronary Inflammation

JAMA Cardiology

This study investigates the impact of lipoprotein(a) levels on long-term coronary artery plaque progression, high-risk plaque, and pericoronary adipose tissue inflammation.

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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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Boehringer Ingelheim, GoodRx Partner to Lower Costs of Adalimumab-adbm for Patients

HCPLive

Adalimumab-adbm is now available at a 92% discount from the reference drug list price through GoodRx.

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HeartFlow Introduces Next Generation Interactive Plaque Analysis Platform to Assess Patient Risk in Suspected Coronary Artery Disease

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mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/18/2024 - 10:00 July 18, 2024 — HeartFlow, Inc. , a leader in non-invasive artificial intelligence (AI) heart care solutions, introduced the next generation HeartFlow Plaque Analysis with an interactive experience. This upgraded platform is the only plaque analysis tool fully integrated with FFR CT (when FFR CT is performed), delivering impactful insights to enhance clinical decision-making and enabling personalized patient treatment plans.

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The potential anti-arrhythmic effect of SGLT2 inhibitors

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) were initially recommended as oral anti-diabetic drugs to treat type 2 diabetes (T2D), by inhibiting SGLT2 in proximal tubule and reduce renal reabsorpti.

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The President Was Dying, but His Doctors Zipped Their Lips

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- The patient's blood pressure averaged 209/100 mm Hg, a level now considered to be a medical emergency. His heart was enlarged, his skin was gray due to lack of oxygen in the blood, and an ECG showed signs of terminal cardiac.

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Omega-3 Fatty Acid Deficiency Could Be Driver of Acne Severity, Study Finds

HCPLive

A study found omega-3 supplements and a Mediterranean diet improved acne severity and quality of life in patients without prescription meds.

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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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Baylor St. Luke’s Settles Concurrent Cardiac Surgery Case

CardiacWire

Cardiac surgeon compensation is generally a numbers game – the more procedures you do, the more you make. However, a Medicare fraud settlement featuring some of Houston’s most prominent institutions and cardiac surgeons reveals the pitfalls of this incentive structure. Allegations claim that between 2013 to 2020 three decorated Baylor St. Luke’s heart surgeons regularly operated in two to three rooms simultaneously, while “delegating key aspects of extremely complicated and risky heart sur

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Pemafibrate Takes a Small Step Forward in Diabetic Foot Ulcers After CVD Flop

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- Pemafibrate was tied to potential prevention of leg and foot ulcers in type 2 diabetes, a silver lining to the PROMINENT trial's otherwise disappointing cardiovascular results. In an exploratory analysis, pemafibrate was tied.

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Computational modelling of cardiovascular pathophysiology to risk stratify commercial spaceflight

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 19 July 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01047-5 During commercial spaceflight, individuals who might have underlying cardiovascular disease will be exposed to increased gravitational and acceleration (G) forces. In this Review, Morris and colleagues explore the use of computational models to simulate the effects of G forces on human cardiovascular pathophysiology to risk-stratify individuals and help to improve safety in commercial suborbital spaceflight

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HBV, HCV Screening Disparities Among Low-Income US Veterans

HCPLive

An analysis of data from the NV-HOPE study calls attention to lower rates of HBV and HCV screening among low-income US veterans versus the general US veteran population.

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Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Announces Leadership Transition

DAIC

Circle Cardiovascular Imaging has announced that Erkan Akyuz has been appointed Chief Executive Officer to succeed Circle co-founder and CEO Greg Ogrodnick. Image courtesy: Circle Cardiovascular christine.book Thu, 07/18/2024 - 13:32 July 18, 2024 — Circle Cardiovascular Imaging , a developer of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cardiovascular imaging solutions, has announced that Erkan Akyuz has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective August 5, 2024.

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Fenofibrate’s impact on cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes: a nationwide propensity-score matched cohort study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

The beneficial effects of fenofibrate on atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) outcomes in patients with diabetes and statin treatment are unclear. We investigated the effects of fenofibrate on all-ca.

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U.S. News Hospital Rankings Are One Piece of the CHD Care Puzzle

Conquering CHD

Where to receive care is one of the most important decisions a family can make. Conquering CHD has a strong commitment to transparency and ensuring patients and families have essential information at their fingertips when they need it to assist them in making the best choice for their family. With the publishing of this year’s U.S. News & World Hospital Report rankings , we remind you this is only one of many tools you can use to have a conversation with your care team and should not be used

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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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Elucid Commences International PRE-VUE CCT Registry Study

DAIC

mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:19 July 18, 2024 — Elucid , a pioneering AI medical technology company providing physicians with imaging analysis software based on ground truth histology to support diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, has initiated site recruitment for its Plaque as a Risk Factor for Evaluation of Vascular Events (PRE-VUE) CT Registry Study.

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Which of these, if either, is OMI? Which of these underwent emergent angiography and PCI? Which should have?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Sent by anonymous, written by Pendell Meyers Case 1: A man in his 50s presented with acute chest pain. Normal vital signs. Here is his ECG at triage: What do you think? Here's what Version 1 QOH thinks: It is diagnostic of acute LAD OMI, with the precordial swirl pattern. See this post if you dont know that pattern yet: Precordial Swirl -- 20 cases of Swirl or Look-Alikes Here was a repeat ECG done within 20 minutes (still with ongoing pain): It still looks like active OMI to me, but perhaps sli

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Prevalence and incidence of heart failure in type 2 diabetes patients: results from a nationwide prospective cohort—the DIABET-IC study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients have an increased risk of heart failure (HF). There are limited data on the association between HF and T2D in specific healthcare settings. This study sought to analyse the preva.

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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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AliveCor's Kardia 12L ECG System Receives Category III CPT Codes

DAIC

mtaschetta-millane Thu, 07/18/2024 - 09:05 July 18, 2024 — AliveCor , a global leader in AI-powered cardiology , today announced that the American Medical Association (AMA) has granted new Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes that are applicable to the company's Kardia 12L ECG System , which received FDA clearance in June 2024.

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New study finds cardiovascular outcomes better for patients on home hemodialysis

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Dialysis patients using a more traditional home hemodialysis procedure have lower incidence of cardiovascular disease than patients using a less invasive peritoneal catheter for dialysis at home, according to a study led by a University of Cincinnati College of Medicine researcher.

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Association of diabetes with cardiovascular calcification and all-cause mortality in end-stage renal disease in the early stages of hemodialysis: a retrospective cohort study

Cardiovascular Diabetology

The main goal of this study was to examine how diabetes, cardiovascular calcification characteristics and other risk factors affect mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients in the early stages of h.

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Poor Sleep Duration in Type 2 Diabetes Tied to Greater Microvascular Disease Risk

HCPLive

A study found individuals with type 2 diabetes who received less than 7 hours of sleep had 2.6 increased odds of microvascular disease.

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BioCardia Announces United States Patent Issuance on Morph DNA Multi-Directional Steerable Catheter Transseptal Application

DAIC

mtaschetta-millane Wed, 07/17/2024 - 11:06 July 17, 2024 — BioCardia, Inc. , a company focused on cellular and cell-derived therapeutics for the treatment of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases announced that the Unites States Patent Office has granted Patent No: 12,036,371 titled “Method of Accessing the Left Atrium with a Multi-Directional Steerable Catheter,” with a patent term that will expire in 2035.