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Atrial fibrillation: A review

Science Daily - Heart Disease

atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant complications associated with this condition include ischemic stroke, heart failure, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease, dementia and mortality.

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Cardiovascular and renal diseases in type 2 diabetes patients: 5-year cumulative incidence of the first occurred manifestation and hospitalization cost: a cohort within the French SNDS nationwide claims database

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, peripheral arterial disease (PAD), heart failure (HF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are common cardiovascular renal diseases (CVRD) manifestations for type 2 diabetes.

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Trends in prognosis and use of SGLT2i and GLP-1 RA in patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease

Cardiovascular Diabetology

Data on major cardiovascular events (MACE; mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure) through December 2021 were obtained from national registries. Results Among all patients (n = 38,671), 31% had stable CAD, and 69% suffered an acute myocardial infarction.

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Multimorbidity Patterns and In‐Hospital Outcomes in Chinese Young Women (Aged <55 Years) Presenting with ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundRecent evidence highlights an increasing incidence of myocardial infarction in young women. years]) admitted to the China Chest Pain Center Database between 2016 and 2021.

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Hyperkalemia and the Risks of Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. The index date was the first CKD stage 3b/4 diagnosis with 1 hyperkalemia diagnosis and 1 serum potassium &gt;5.0 mmol/L in the preceding 12 months (baseline) for patients with hyperkalemia and a randomly selected CKD stage 3b/4 diagnosis for controls.

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Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists in Heart Failure: An Update

Circulation: Heart Failure

Circulation: Heart Failure, Volume 17, Issue 12 , Page e011629, December 1, 2024. Spironolactone, a steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), has been used to treat patients with heart failure (HF) for more than half a century. The use of MRAs has been limited due to excessive concern about hyperkalemia.

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Abstract 52: Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists use and outcomes in Cardiac Amyloidosis patients: A Propensity Matched Analysis

Stroke Journal

Propensity score-matched analysis (PSM) (1:1) was performed with matching for age, gender, race, BMI, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic kidney disease, hemoglobin level, low-density lipid (LDL) level, left ventricular ejection fraction, and various drugs including ACEi, ARBi, ARNI, beta-blockers, and diuretics.