DAIC

DECEMBER 13, 2023

MILLER, PHD, LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW "ATHEROSCLEROSIS ATLAS" THAT DETAILS, AT THE LEVEL OF INDIVIDUAL CELLS, CRITICAL PROCESSES RESPONSIBLE FOR FORMING THE HARMFUL PLAQUE BUILDUP THAT CAUSES HEART ATTACKS, STROKES AND CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. When they break loose, they can be deadly, triggering strokes and heart attacks.

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American Heart News - Stroke News

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Research Highlights: Although giving blood thinners along with clot-busting medication may help in treating heart attacks, it did not improve 90-day outcomes in people with clot-caused strokes. Enrollment in a large clinical trial, which had been.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This is about estimating your near-term risk of a heart attack. In this scenario, your risk of a heart attack over the next 10 years is well under 2%. In this case, going on a statin or any other LDL cholesterol-lowering medication will reduce your risk of a heart attack by about 25%. Not zero risk.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

More frequent use of cannabis was associated with higher odds of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, finds new study.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 7, 2025

In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, that overexpress cyclin D2 and are knocked out for human leukocyte antigen classes I and II.

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DAIC

APRIL 6, 2024

The first trial of a novel strategy for removing cholesterol from patients’ arteries did not reduce the risk of death, heart attack or stroke within three months of a prior heart attack, according to research presented at ACC.24, 24, the American College of Cardiology Annual Annual Scientific Session.

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Med Page Today

APRIL 8, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Chelation to remove lead and other heavy metals didn't improve outcomes for type 2 diabetes patients after myocardial infarction (MI), the TACT2 trial showed. Cumulative incidence of time to first event (MI, stroke.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

APRIL 8, 2024

New research could change standard-of-care guidelines to improve outcomes for heart attack patients after coronary stenting procedures.

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Med Page Today

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- For patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ischemic cardiomyopathy, going right to catheter ablation improved outcomes compared with trying antiarrhythmic drugs first, the VANISH2 trial showed. Death or.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Given this dismal outcome, the prognosis of CLTI is worse than most cancers.3,4 Determinants of long-term outcomes and costs in the management of critical limb ischemia: A population-based cohort study. J Am Heart Assoc. 5 "It is especially devastating for those 10% of patients suffering from its most severe form, CLTI.

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CardiacWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Results from the ABYSS trial surprised many at ESC 2024, finding that patients who continue beta-blocker therapy after heart attacks have better long-term outcomes than patients who stop taking the drugs, and they don’t experience the quality of life downsides that some might expect.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Research Highlights: A multinational trial compared examined outcomes in heart attack patients with anemia who received blood transfusions when their hemoglobin concentration levels were at 8 g/dL or 10 g/dL. While results did not reach statistical.

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DAIC

APRIL 8, 2024

The findings call into question the routine use of beta blockers for all patients following a heart attack, which have stood as a mainstay of care for decades. Approximately 50% of heart attack survivors do not experience heart failure.

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Med Page Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

(MedPage Today) -- CHICAGO -- A mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) was unable to further improve 3-year outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (MI) in the modern era, based on the CLEAR OASIS 9 trial. Among heart attack survivors without.

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Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Of those, 97 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac care for heart bypass surgery, coronary interventional procedures, heart attack treatment, heart failure treatment and heart valve surgery. Healthgrades published its 2025 Specialty Excellence Awards recipients Oct.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

APRIL 5, 2024

This refers to all the steps necessary to reduce the odds of a subsequent event, such as a second heart attack or stroke. So, let’s cover seven things that reduce the risk of a subsequent heart attack. Just because you have heart disease or have had a heart attack does not mean there is a lot that can be done.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

It is known that women who have heart attacks have a worse outcome than menand a new study has found that one of the reasons might be that women are less comfortable calling 000 and more likely to hesitate when they have symptoms of a heart attack.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Having a heart attack significantly increases the risk of developing other serious long-term health conditions, a major new study shows. Up to a third of patients went on to develop heart or kidney failure, 7% had further heart attacks and 38% died from any cause within the nine-year study period.

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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Using artificial intelligence (AI) to aid clinical decision making in identifying and managing myocardial infarction (MI; heart attack) in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with suspected cardiac conditions does not improve cardiovascular outcomes. 2 Sept.).

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 2, 2025

The Understanding Heart Disease module includes lessons on: Why the standard model is broken. Understanding Heart Disease. Heart Attack versus Heart Disease. Heart Disease Starts Earlier Than You Think. Symptoms Of Heart Disease. Get Heart Disease Right Get Everything Else Right.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The results showed that giving blood thinners in addition to clot-busting medications to people with ischemic strokes (clot-caused strokes) did not improve their outcomes 90 days later. The study was looking for improvement in functional outcomes at 90 days.

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DAIC

JUNE 4, 2024

fold higher risk for major adverse cardiac events (MACE) Caristo's AI-Risk model, CaRi-Heart Risk Score, outperformed other scores in routine clinical use for prediction of cardiac mortality, and when presented to clinicians, resulted in changes of management decision in 45% of the patients. fold higher risk for cardiac mortality and 5.5-fold

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

A key element of Heartflows approach is close collaboration with clinical teams to improve patient experiences, create efficient care pathways and reach more patients with personalized insights, ensuring the best possible outcomes. CAD is estimated to be responsible for one heart attack every 40 seconds and one out of every five deaths.

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DAIC

APRIL 11, 2024

These new findings suggest that people with high-risk plaques that are likely to rupture could benefit from the procedure as a pre-emptive measure rather than waiting for a heart attack or other severe reduction in blood flow to occur. During PCI, an operator inserts a stent into a blocked artery through a catheter in the groin or arm.

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HCPLive

AUGUST 30, 2024

Women with endometriosis experienced a 20% greater risk of cardiac outcomes compared with women without endometriosis.

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DAIC

APRIL 24, 2024

Eighty percent of heart attacks and strokes are preventable. partially because its key risk factor, high blood pressure, is a ‘silent killer,’ and most patients have no symptoms before their first heart attack or stroke. Yet, CVD remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.,

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DAIC

MAY 3, 2024

EMPACT-MI Trial Outcomes Reported at ACC.24: 24: SGLT-2 Inhibitors Show Mixed Results After Heart Attack 10. New Study Published in JACC: Heart Failure Reveals that Despite Significant Efforts to Improve Acute Heart Failure Treatment Over the Past 20 Years, Management Remains Unchanged

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The answer is pretty simple, but most people get this wrong, and doing so increases their future risk of heart attack and strokes. Outcome over process, in my view, works best here. ” This is one of the most common questions I get as a cardiologist. High blood pressure is the leading cause of preventable death worldwide 1.

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MIBHS

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its effects on the heart are particularly alarming, as smoking significantly increases the risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) and complicates medical procedures such as minimally invasive or bloodless heart surgeries. Reduced Long-Term Success Rates For smokers, the long-term success of heart surgeries is often diminished.

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DAIC

APRIL 7, 2024

adults—and more than 2 in 5 adults aged 60 years and older—have elevated triglycerides, also known as hypertriglyceridemia , putting them at an increased risk for heart attacks and stroke. milla1cf Sun, 04/07/2024 - 18:20 April 7, 2024 — An estimated 1 in 5 U.S. Patients were followed for one year of treatment.

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DAIC

DECEMBER 5, 2024

With this new funding, Cleerly will continue to scale its commercial growth and clinical evidence generation, helping health care professionals improve outcomes for patients across the coronary care pathway.

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DAIC

APRIL 16, 2024

Deaths in the hospital after PCI are rare and mostly occur in patients who arrive after a heart attack, especially if their cases involve shock,” said senior author Hitinder Gurm, M.B.B.S., These hospitals use procedural and outcome data to inform quality projects to improve care and patient outcomes.

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DAIC

APRIL 7, 2024

milla1cf Sun, 04/07/2024 - 18:09 April 7, 2024 — Among patients at high or very high risk for a heart attack or stroke, the addition of the investigational drug lerodalcibep to standard cholesterol-lowering medication for one year reduced LDL, or “bad” cholesterol, levels by more than half on average, compared with a placebo.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Researchers found an artificial intelligence (AI) system to help guide treatment decisions for stroke patients led to improved stroke care quality and fewer recurrent strokes, heart attacks and vascular death among stroke survivors three months after a stroke.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

3 Patients with ASCVD are at a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.4 4 In the U.S. Nearly 20% of those people who have had a MI will be hospitalized again within five years due to a second event.5

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The primary reason for managing risk factors is to reduce events, including heart attacks. Recent data has shown that these medications also reduce the incidence of major heart events by 20%, including heart attacks and cardiovascular death and also extend lifespan in those with a prior heart attack 4.

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CardiacWire

MARCH 8, 2024

fold greater risk of heart attack, stroke, or death within three years. The researchers examined carotid plaque specimens from 257 patients with asymptomatic carotid artery disease, analyzing their plaque for the presence of 11 MNPs, and tracking the patients’ cardiovascular outcomes over 34 months. An alarming 58.4%

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