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Clinical characteristics and mortality risk factors in pediatric hypertrophic, restrictive, and rapidly progressive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a retrospective cohort study with follow-up

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Logistic and Cox regression models identified risk factors for in-hospital and long-term mortality.ResultsAmong the 212 patients, 79.72% (169/212) had HCM, 16.98% (36/212) had RCM, and 3.30% (7/212) had RP-HCM. BackgroundPediatric cardiomyopathies are rare but life-threatening conditions with high mortality.

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Risk factors for fluorouracil-induced cardiotoxicity in patients with gastrointestinal tumor

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ObjectiveTo explore the risk factors for cardiotoxicity in patients with gastrointestinal (GI) tumors treated with fluorouracil drugs.MethodsThis study included patients with GI tumors who received fluorouracil at our hospital between January 2018 and April 2022. The demographic and clinical characteristics were collected.

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Hyperglycemia, Obesity Relevant Risk Factors for Retinopathy in Type 1 Diabetes

HCPLive

Glycemic control continues to be a major risk factor for diabetic retinopathy, while overweight, obesity, and hypertension are growing in prevalence.

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Postpartum Ambulatory Blood Pressure and New-Onset Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

JAMA Cardiology

This cohort study examines risk factors and characterizes outcomes for postpartum individuals with ongoing hypertension and severe hypertension following hospital discharge through a hospital system’s remote blood pressure management program.

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Insulin resistance/hyperinsulinemia: an important cardiovascular risk factor that has long been underestimated

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Although many cardiovascular risk factors (such as arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, etc.), Although many cardiovascular risk factors (such as arterial hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, etc.),

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Clinical characteristics, treatment, and blood pressure control in patients with hypertension seen by primary care physicians in Spain: the IBERICAN study

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Objectives To determine the clinical profile, according to the history of hypertension, the risk of developing hypertension, current antihypertensive treatment and BP control rates in patients with hypertension from the IBERICAN cohort. These patients were older (65.8 ± 10.9 vs. 51.6 ± 14.7 vs. 51.6 ± 14.7

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Association of blood pressure and left ventricular mass with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis

Open Heart

This study aimed to evaluate the risk factors associated with LV mass and subclinical coronary atherosclerosis, in an Asian population free of baseline cardiovascular disease. Individuals were stratified based on LVMI and the presence of CAC, and intergroup differences in risk factors were analysed.