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Cost-effectiveness of a community first responder system for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in Belgium

Open Heart

Objective Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a major public health challenge across Europe, with a survival rate of only 8.5% to hospital discharge. The analysis covered survival to the emergency department, hospital, discharge and neurologically intact survival, with sensitivity analyses to test robustness.

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NYC Health + Hospitals receives 3rd award for hypertension care

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

NYC Health + Hospitals has for a third time received an award from HHS for its innovative hypertension care. The New York City public health system is one of 11 organizations in the nation to be recognized, according to a June 5 news release from the system.

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Study: Low-level lead poisoning accounts for cognitive deficits in children, risk factors for heart conditions

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe, according to a paper by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Simon Fraser University in Canada, and Harvard Medical School, and Boston Children's Hospital.

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New Study to Examine Hypercortisolism in Resistant Hypertension

DAIC

Resistant hypertension is a serious public health challenge. Director of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital and the Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Bhatt, M.D.,

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Teen With Bird Flu Critically Ill; NIH in the Crosshairs; Dementia Deaths Rise

Med Page Today

The teen hospitalized in Canada with a presumptive case of avian flu is in critical condition. (AP) AP) The Nation looked at the future of public health under a second. (MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require registration or subscription.

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Mortality rate of percutaneous coronary interventions in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients under the public health insurance schemes of Thailand

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

This study aims to compare mortality rates within one year of STEMI patients among the public health insurance schemes of Thailand.MethodologyThis study is a single-center retrospective analysis of patients with STEMI treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (pPCI).

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Adherence to phase I cardiac rehabilitation in post-PCI patients: a latent class analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundCoronary heart disease seriously jeopardizes human health and has become a principal public health problem of global concern. While percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) repairs narrowed arteries and extends patients' lives, cardiac rehabilitation offers additional benefits post-PCI.