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3 Powerful Strategies: Combatting Cardiometabolic Risk Factors for Black Americans 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

When we explore the three traditional cardiometabolic risk factors (obesity, type 2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia) and the emerging cardiometabolic risk factor of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, we unearth a complex interplay of societal, biological, genetic, and environmental factors.

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Breakthrough Research Identifies Predictors of Venous Thromboembolism after Pulmonary Resection for Lung Cancer

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New research presented at The Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ Annual Meeting found that patients with postoperative PE had increased 30-day mortality, reintubation, and readmission rates. In this contemporary analysis of the GTSD, the research team identified a 2.5% occurrence of postoperative VTE and a 1.3%

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Study Finds Air Pollution Can Increase Cardiovascular Risk for Cancer Patients

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Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 06/19/2024 - 20:54 June 19, 2024 — Modern therapies have extended the lives of many cancer patients; however, survivors often live with chronic health conditions, including cardiovascular disease. The paper also highlights how air pollution contributes to health disparities worldwide.

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LGBTQ+ cardiovascular health equity: a brief review

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and other gender and sexual minority) patients face a variety of unique health risk factors and bear a disproportionate burden of CVD compared to cis-gender, heterosexual peers.

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

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and a researcher at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. In this study, researchers developed a scale to predict heart failure risk specifically in American Indian people, based on data from about 3,000 participants in the Strong Heart Study, an ongoing, federally funded study.

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Arrhythmias and ion channelopathies causing sudden cardiac death in Hispanic/Latino and Indigenous populations

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract The limited literature and increasing interest in studies on cardiac electrophysiology, explicitly focusing on cardiac ion channelopathies and sudden cardiac death in diverse populations, has prompted a comprehensive examination of existing research.

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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. This lack of diversity may exacerbate health disparities by not adequately addressing the unique clinical characteristics and responses to therapy.