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Proposed Risk Factor Tool Finds Heart Failure Rates are Higher Among American Indian Adults

DAIC

21, 2024 — The incidence rate of heart failure was 2- to 3-fold higher among American Indian populations than rates observed in studies focused on other population groups, such as African American, Hispanic or white adults, in a new study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

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Can AI-enhanced heart screening address health disparities?

Medical Xpress - ECG

Clinicians and researchers around the world are combining artificial intelligence, known as AI, with health care to help identify patients at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as stroke and heart failure. and "Are they accessible in community health care settings?"

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Adverse Social Determinants of Health Linked to Treatment-resistant Hypertension in Black Americans

DAIC

Apparent treatment-resistant hypertension is defined as the need to take three or more types of anti-high blood pressure medication daily and is associated with an increased risk for stroke , coronary heart disease , heart failure , and all-cause mortality. Over a period of 9.5 of white adults.

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Abstract 4144956: Identifying Inequities: The Underrepresentation of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Guideline Informing Heart Failure Trials with Reduced Ejection Fraction and Its Implications

Circulation

Background:The prevalence of risk factors for heart failure and outcomes varies across racial and ethnic groups. Despite this variation, treatment guidelines for heart failure are standardized, potentially overlooking the unique needs and responses of minority populations.

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Rheumatic Heart Disease

Global Cardiac Surgery

million people suffer from rheumatic heart disease (RHD), with an additional 47 million living with asymptomatic damage to their heart valves, as a result of earlier acute rheumatic fever. RHD is the most commonly acquired heart disease for people under 25 years old and over 1.2 Although largely preventable, 33.4

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Abstract WP269: Food Desert Residence as a Contributing Risk Factor for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients

Stroke Journal

Acute stroke patients residing within a FD were significantly more likely to be younger (age <65), of black race, and without health insurance (all p< 0001). Limitations in access to high quality food and suboptimal nutrition may be a contributing risk factor.

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Championing Change: Celebrating Cardiometabolic Health Congress (CMHC) Women Faculty

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Anuradha Lala-Trindade, MD: She focuses on the selection and care of patients with mechanical circulatory support devices and heart transplantation, genetic cardiomyopathies, and perioperative management of high-risk cardiac surgical cases.