AMS Cardiology

MARCH 31, 2025

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a common heart rhythm disorder characterized by an irregular and often rapid heartbeat. This condition can lead to various complications, including stroke and heart failure, making it essential to understand its causes, symptoms, and AFib treatment options.

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Circulation: Heart Failure

MARCH 8, 2024

Circulation: Heart Failure, Ahead of Print. Background:Current prevalence estimates of heart failure (HF) are primarily based on self-report or HF hospitalizations. Results:Median age was 73 (25th–75th percentile 67–81) years, 53.2% were female, 25.6% were Black, 12.8% were Chinese, and 40.0% were White. were female, 25.6%

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Circulation

JANUARY 24, 2024

METHODS:The AHA, through its Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States and globally to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update with review of published literature through the year before writing.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Introduction:While ischemic stroke (IS) in the young (18-55) is thought to have different etiologies than in older patients, a rise in vascular risk factors (VRFs) among young adults may translate to an IS risk profile similar to the older population. Stroke, Volume 55, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A96-A96, February 1, 2024.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 19, 2025

We aimed to examine the incidence of and risk factors for cardiotoxicity in a racially and ethnically diverse cohort with cancer treated with anthracyclines.MethodsWe included consecutive adult patients who underwent anthracyclinebased chemotherapy from 2016 to 2019 for any type of cancer. NonHispanic [NH] White, 30.5% NH Black, 38.5%

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This miscommunication can cause blood to pool in the atria, increasing the risk of clot formation, which can then lead to strokes. AFib is associated with a fivefold increased risk of stroke, and it is also linked to heart failure, chronic fatigue, and other serious health issues.

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Journal of the American Heart Association

MARCH 27, 2025

Six multimorbidity patterns were identified, including 4 specific patterns: (1) pattern 1, cerebrovascular cluster (histories of cerebrovascular disease and hypertension); (2) pattern 2, traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors cluster (histories of hyperlipidemia, obesity, anddiabetes, and family history of cardiovascular disease and smoking); (..)

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ADN Center of Excellence

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

This miscommunication can cause blood to pool in the atria, increasing the risk of clot formation, which can then lead to strokes. AFib is associated with a fivefold increased risk of stroke, and it is also linked to heart failure, chronic fatigue, and other serious health issues.

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AMS Cardiology

AUGUST 15, 2023

Heart disease remains a prevalent and serious health concern that affects millions worldwide. Understanding the risk factors, recognizing the signs and seeking guidance from a cardiologist can play a significant role in preventing and treating this disease. Men are at a higher risk at a younger age than women.

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MIBHS

JULY 31, 2024

Arrhythmias (Abnormal Heart Rhythms) Stress hormones can disrupt the signals that regulate your heartbeat, leading to arrhythmias – abnormal heart rhythms that cause your heart to beat too fast, too slow, or irregularly.

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DAIC

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

ET Murphy Ballroom 4 Comparison of an "Inclisiran First" Strategy with Usual Care in Patients With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Results From the VICTORION-INITIATE Randomized Trial Targeting Weight Loss to Personalize the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Once-weekly Semaglutide in Patients with Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction, (..)

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DAIC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

If untreated, AFib can lead to or exacerbate heart failure, and it significantly increases a person’s risk of stroke. Catheter ablation was given the highest Class 1 treatment recommendation for appropriately selected patients, including those with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

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CardiacWire

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Prevention & Detection – Boosted by GLP-1 obesity buzz and the fact that cardiovascular outcome trends have been headed in the wrong direction, AHA 2023 placed a greater focus on prevention. heart failure). Depending on who you talk to, we could be headed towards a completely new anticoagulation standard of care.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

They also had a higher prevalence of diabetes (32.43% and 32.82% vs 28.42%), dyslipidemia (44.57% and 44.81% vs 41.41%), obesity (13.19% and 13.64% vs 12.03%), prior TIA/ischemic stroke (6.46% and 6.52& Our analysis suggests a possible role of vascular risk factor modification in preventing readmissions after ICH.

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Readmitted patients both within 30 and 90 days were more likely to have a higher prevalence of vascular risk factors and related comorbidities. Further studies are required to offer risk stratification and prevention strategies for readmission among patients with Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

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MIBHS

MARCH 15, 2025

How Alcohol Affects Heart Function Blood Pressure and Heart Disease Risk One of the most significant concerns related to alcohol consumption is its effect on blood pressure. Drinking too much alcohol can lead to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

AUGUST 9, 2024

This means that controlling these risk factors in our favour should significantly reduce the future risk of dementia. Not all of these factors are created equal, and when you address these risk factors is also relevant. I would like to focus on 5 of these factors. The answer here is maybe 10.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

Can you please explain the concept of an obesity paradox? Salvatore Carbone, PhD: First, I’d like to point out that obesity is a major risk factor for cardiometabolic disease. 2, 3] This association is more pronounced for those with class I obesity, which is a body mass index (BMI) between 30-35 kg/m2.

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AMS Cardiology

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

While the holidays themselves can’t cause a heart attack , certain things people do during the hectic, festive season may stress their heart health more than they realize. So, how can you lower your risk for heart attacks, heart disease and other complications?

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JULY 22, 2024

Our study focuses on addressing this gap by evaluating adherence to OMT, examining its influence on the risk of MACEs after STEMI, and assessing subsequent cardiovascular risk factor control in Mexico.MethodsWe conducted a prospective observational study of post-STEMI patients after hospital discharge.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Background:Research suggests that residing in a food desert (FD) area may negatively impact health by increasing cardiovascular risk factors. This study aims to assess sociodemographic profile and stroke risk factors among individuals residing in FDs within the predominantly rural state of South Carolina (SC).Methods:Deidentified

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Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Yet, little is known about risk factors that predispose to persistent AF on initial presentation. Older age, male sex, postcollege education, and obesity were preferentially associated with persistent AF and represent a high-risk AF subset for population-based intervention. RESULTS:During a median follow-up of 5.3

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

A rate of 15% of major depressive disorder has been reported in patients after myocardial infarction or coronary artery bypass grafting, and this rate is >20% in patients with heart failure and is much higher in advanced heart failure.” JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(12):e2138920. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.38920

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CardiacWire

OCTOBER 27, 2024

It’s well known that heart disease is the U.S.’s Heart Disease in 2050 – The AHA warned of massive heart disease increases by 2050, spanning CVD (+60%), diabetes (+100%), obesity (+70%), hypertension (+44%), heart failure (+66%), and stroke (+100%). trillion, representing 4.6%

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Stroke: Vascular and Interventional Neurology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

IntroductionCardiomyopathy (CM) is a diverse pathology defined by both structural and functional changes in the heart. 37.6%, p < 0.001), obesity (9.2% Additionally, CM‐HF patients had higher rates of medical comorbidities such as atrial fibrillation (43.6% 24.2%, p < 0.001), diabetes mellitus (39.7%

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The benefit of resistance training observed in observational studies is supported by controlled trials on resistance training, which demonstrate that this type of exercise reduces traditional and nontraditional CVD risk factors. Of course, these benefits can also extend to individuals with a BMI in the normal range.

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Physiologically Speaking

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The benefit of resistance training observed in observational studies is supported by controlled trials on resistance training, which demonstrate that this type of exercise reduces traditional and nontraditional CVD risk factors. Of course, these benefits can also extend to individuals with a BMI in the normal range.

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Introduction:Excessive dietary salt intake is a recognized ASCVD risk factor, and causes approximately 1.89 There is also an ongoing discussion whether dietary salt might be associated with the direct ASCVD risk. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4145926-A4145926, November 12, 2024. million deaths annually.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

MARCH 8, 2024

At the same time, we know that there are gender differences in health , including differences in pain perception and management, hormonal changes in brain and pain, and cardiometabolic risk factors, among other factors contributing to the complex interplay of sex and gender in health.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Furthermore, it includes the latest recommendations which specifically address AF and thromboembolic risk assessment, anticoagulation, left atrial appendage occlusion, AF catheter or surgical ablation, and risk factor modification and AF prevention.

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Open Heart

MARCH 22, 2025

Objective Historical reductions in cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to lifestyle and treatment improvements are now threatened by factors such as increasing obesity and diabetes, but the relative importance of different risk factors varies by CVD condition.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Part 2: Empirical Studies in Cardiac Surgery; Risk Model Recommendations The Annals of Thoracic Surgery January 2022 David Shahian Social Risk Factors in Society of Thoracic Surgeons Risk Models.

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Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Research

APRIL 20, 2023

Program Designations Access and Publications (A&P) 1 Participant User File (PUF) 2 Task Force on Funded Research (TFR) 3 Special Projects 4 Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Lead Author Title Publication Date William Keeling 2 National Trends in Emergency Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery October 2023 Jake (..)

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Circulation

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

By 2050, spending was highest for ischemic heart disease at $110 billion, up from $79 billion in 2019, followed by heart failure at $102 billion, up from $64 billion in 2019. As a proportion of overall spending, heart failure was forecasted to increase from 19.7% in 2019 to 22.1%

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The patient was obese and had a medical history of only recurrent tonsillitis status post tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy but was otherwise healthy and fully vaccinated. While ACS may be less common in the pediatric population, it is important to consider risk factors that may make OMI more likely (e.g., He reported 1.5

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

42% of adults are considered obese , increasing their risk of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular issues. Additionally, 10% of the global population suffers from chronic kidney disease , with diabetes and hypertension as significant risk factors. In the U.S.,

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the Sunday Times of April 23 rd , 2017, this article appeared, entitled ‘ Kellogg’s smothers health crisis in sugar – The cereals giant is funding studies that undermine official warnings on obesity.’ The study, published in the Journal Obesity Facts relied on evidence from 14 studies. Just to choose a few paragraphs. ‘

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