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Education and cardiovascular diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Specifically, this genetic factor was found to lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by 46.5%, coronary heart disease by 37.5%, ischemic stroke by 35.4%, cardiac-related mortality by 28.6%, heart failure by 28.2%, transient ischemic attack by 24%, atrial fibrillation by 15.2%, peripheral artery disease by 0.3%, and hypertension by 0.3%.

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Abstract 016: Endovascular Coiling of a Left L3 Radicular Artery Mycotic Aneurysm

Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Postoperatively, the patient was hypertensive to a systolic blood pressure of 220 mmHg that was controlled with a nicardipine infusion that was gradually weaned off once the patient’s vitals were stable while in the Neuro‐ICU. There was no opacification of the aneurysms at the end of the procedure and no procedural complications (Figure 1D).

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ACC/AHA Release Updated 2023 Guidelines for Atrial Fibrillation

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AF is associated with an increased risk of death as well as multiple adverse outcomes, including stroke, cognitive impairment or dementia, myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, heart failure (HF), chronic kidney disease (CKD), and peripheral artery disease (PAD).

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Abstract 136: Infarct Topography, Effect of Anticoagulation, and Recurrence after Cryptogenic Stroke: A Subgroup Analysis of the ARCADIA Trial

Stroke Journal

Acute brain infarction in multiple arterial territories could more strongly suggest a central embolic source. Models were adjusted for age, sex, race, ethnicity, heart failure, coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, hypertension, diabetes, and tobacco use. and Canada.

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