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High Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Former National Football League Players

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Heart Health: Understanding and Diagnosing Disease by Leveraging Echocardiograms was aimed to raise awareness and estimate the prevalence of cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors among members of the United States, National Football League Alumni Association and their family members through education and screening events.

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Link Between Clonal Hematopoiesis and Stroke in Carotid Stenosis

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Those having these mutations have increased vascular inflammation before it progresses to malignancies and double the risk of ischemic stroke. It has been mentioned that risk due to clonal hematopoiesis is equal in magnitude to conventional risk factors like smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia and diabetes.

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Should you measure blood pressure in both arms?

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Guidelines on hypertension (high blood pressure) generally recommend measurement of blood pressure in both arms in the initial visit. Important risk factors for diseases of blood vessels are high blood pressure and sugar, high blood fat levels, overweight/obesity, and smoking.

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Relation Between Stroke and Heart Disease

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In general, risk factors for stroke and some forms of heart disease are similar. But then that is not a stroke but called as hypertensive encephalopathy (brain disease due to high blood pressure). Stroke could also be due to bleeding into a part of the brain. Strokes and heart disease are linked together in various ways.

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Rate vs Rhythm Control in Atrial Fibrillation

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CABANA Trial randomized 2204 patients with AF aged 65 years or more and those below 65 years with one or more risk factors for stroke for catheter ablation with pulmonary vein ablation or drug therapy with rate or rhythm control. Among the subjects of CABANA trial 35% had NYHA class above II at baseline.