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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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

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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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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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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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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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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Medical Xpress - Cardiology

APRIL 7, 2025

A paper, "Evaluation of Federally Mandated Smoke-Free Housing Policy and Health Outcomes Among Adults Over the Age of 50 in Low-Income, Public Housing in New York City, 2015-2022," published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research finds that a 2018 U.S.

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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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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

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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Dr. Paddy Barrett

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In general, the more calcified or fibrous a plaque is, the less dangerous it is, as it is less likely to rupture and cause a heart attack. Fatty or necrotic plaque is often described as ‘vulnerable’ plaque, with the vulnerability being related to the risk of a heart attack.

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American College of Cardiology

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Implementing and tracking quality improvement (QI) metrics may lead to improved outcomes in patient care after STEMI in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), according to an analysis of data from the ACC's Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative (GHATI).

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American College of Cardiology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

New data assessing the impact of ACC's Global Heart Attack Initiative (GHATI) on patient care outcomes at the CEDIMAT Cardiovascular Center in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. STEMI remains a major cause of morbidity, mortality, disability, and high health care costs in Latin America and the rest of the world.

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DAIC

JUNE 4, 2024

To improve outcomes and be in compliance with new regulations, it's crucial to better identify and address these issues during the recovery period. I had had a heart attack previously. Stroke recovery is a challenging process that extends for months after hospital discharge.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 30, 2024

Poor Sleep Increases The Rate Of Heart Attacks & Stroke. Not only is short sleep linked to the development of more risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, but it is also linked to a 20% increase in the rates of heart attack 5. Poor Sleep Increases The Rate Of Heart Attacks & Stroke.

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JAMA Cardiology

JANUARY 28, 2025

Blood pressure control among individuals with hypertension in both high-income and in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) is low, resulting in avoidable and expensive strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure, dementia, and other negative health outcomes.

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Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 5, 2024

And the more you exercise, the better your outcomes. On the other hand, people who already have CVD or have suffered a CVD event can significantly improve their long-term outcomes by adopting a structured exercise program. Is HIIT too dangerous for individuals after heart surgery or who’ve suffered a heart attack?

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Open Heart

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The implementation of standardised protocols may improve clinical outcomes in patients with AMI-CS. This prospective registry includes all patients >18 years of age presenting with STEMI with or without CS beginning on 1 February 2023.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The heart has four valves (aortic, mitral, pulmonic, and tricuspid) that open and close to move blood through the heart and to the rest of the body. If a valve cannot open or close fully it can interfere with blood flow and cause a host of health issues, including heart attack and stroke. and affects an estimated 1.6

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Stroke Journal

JANUARY 30, 2025

Reduction in admissions for stroke recurrence or related to stroke, (heart attack, angina, peripheral embolism, etc.): Stroke, 30days: -100%; Related to stroke, (365d: -47,7%; 30d: -57,0%). Reduction in cardiovascular admissions ( 30d: -100%; 365d: -31,4%).

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:While timely therapy of neurologic and cardiac emergencies can improve outcomes, patients often fail to identify acute events resulting in delays in seeking emergency care. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page AWP64-AWP64, February 1, 2024.

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DAIC

OCTOBER 4, 2024

2, 2024 — Eko Health recently announced a new independent study from researchers at Imperial College London (Imperial) that demonstrated how AI can identify patients with significantly higher risk of experiencing major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including heart attacks and heart failure. Nicholas S.

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CardiacWire

MARCH 13, 2024

More importantly , it could lead to significantly better cardiovascular outcomes for these patients. The SELECT trial included the types of patients who are most likely to be impacted by Wegovy’s expanded approval: non-diabetics with obesity and established CVD.

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DAIC

JUNE 18, 2024

Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology and director of the cardiac critical care unit at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Mass. Kazi , vice chair of the advisory writing group, said in an AHA news release. Kazi is head of health economics and associate director of the Richard A. and Susan F.

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CardiacWire

MARCH 24, 2024

Wegovy’s recent FDA approval expansion for CVD events and last week’s Medicare Part D policy expansion both come in response to the SELECT trial , which found that Wegovy slashed patients’ major cardiac event risks by 20% over five years, while cutting non-fatal heart attacks by 28% and reducing cardiovascular mortality by 15%.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Age-standardized prevalence rates were calculated for eight conditions, including hypertension, type 2 diabetes, alcohol use, smoking, physical inactivity, overweight/obesity, short sleep (< 7 hours), and CVD (defined as having coronary heart disease, heart attack, or stroke).

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MIBHS

DECEMBER 27, 2024

This condition occurs when the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart become blocked or narrowed by plaque buildup. As a result, the heart doesnt receive enough oxygen-rich blood, which can lead to chest pain, shortness of breath, or even a heart attack.

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GEMMS

AUGUST 29, 2024

These technologies are not just reshaping but also empowering how cardiology practices manage operations, deliver care, and enhance patient outcomes. These technologies are reshaping how cardiology practices manage operations, deliver care, and enhance patient outcomes.

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Heart BMJ

MARCH 12, 2024

Methods Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the Cardiovascular Outcomes for People Using Anticoagulation Strategies (COMPASS), Clopidogrel for High Atherothrombotic Risk and Ischemic Stabilization, Management and Avoidance (CHARISMA), Prevention of Cardiovascular events in Patients with Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background (..)

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 21, 2024

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

OCTOBER 1, 2024

With its basis in histology, the software is uniquely able to non-invasively quantify and characterize non-calcified plaque and its components such as lipid-rich necrotic core (LRNC), giving potential insights into high-risk plaques that are key drivers of risk of heart attack and stroke.

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MIBHS

MARCH 31, 2025

When discussing heart health, heart attacks and cardiac arrest are two terms that are often mistaken for one another. Understanding the difference between heart attack and cardiac arrest can help in recognizing symptoms, seeking prompt medical care, and even saving lives. What is a Heart Attack?

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Dr. Anish Koka

MARCH 4, 2023

This particular piece of research that is amplified by the usual credentialed suspects on social media found “increased rates of adverse outcomes over a 1-year period for a PCC (post-COVID conditions) cohort surviving the acute phase of illness.” Let me explain why.

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DAIC

APRIL 8, 2024

The TACT2 study was designed to replicate the results of a previous trial, TACT , which reported in 2012 that chelation reduced subsequent cardiovascular events after a heart attack. and Canadian patients with diabetes and a history of heart attack,” said Gervasio A. and Canada.

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