Med Page Today

APRIL 15, 2024

Among 6,248 hospitalized patients 50 or older with laboratory. (MedPage Today) -- More than one in five older adults hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection experienced an acute cardiac event, an observational study found.

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JAMA Cardiology

MARCH 26, 2024

This prognostic study investigates if models that incorporate routinely collected clinical and laboratory information can predict morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction.

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HCPLive

JANUARY 11, 2024

Compared to routine care, TCMD could better reduce the incidence of adverse events and the level of laboratory indicators.

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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American College of Cardiology

JUNE 20, 2024

Invasive assessments of coronary physiology have revolutionized the approach to coronary revascularization in the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

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Catheterization Laboratory Laboratory Physiology Article 53

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Ahead of Print.

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HeartRhythm

AUGUST 31, 2024

Commonly prescribed AADs require close physician monitoring of QT prolongation utilizing 12L ECGs, and laboratory testing to monitor for electrolyte disturbances to minimize the risk of serious adverse events, including Torsades de Pointes (TdP).

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HCPLive

APRIL 10, 2024

HBV DNA and HBsAg were not significantly associated with NAFLD in patients with treatment-naïve HBV, but age, BMI, comorbidities, and certain metabolic laboratory parameters were.

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HCPLive

MARCH 8, 2024

Take our latest 5-question quiz based on the recommended strategies of laboratory-based diagnosis of epidermolysis bullosa.

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Laboratory 59

HCPLive

MARCH 20, 2024

An expert in dermatologic conditions examines laboratory requirements for initiating deucravacitinib in patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis and the impact of deucravacitinib on the treatment landscape.

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Plaque Laboratory 52

HCPLive

APRIL 12, 2024

Dermatology physician assistants review the laboratory and monitoring requirements for TYK2 inhibitors deucravacitinib.

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Laboratory 52

American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What are the safety, utility, and prognostic implications of invasive implanted hemodynamic monitoring (IHM) using the CardioMEMS™ HF System (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois) in patients with Fontan circulation (FC)?

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Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals

JULY 26, 2024

RCES-Scope-of-Practice-ACVP-2017 The Electrophysiology Laboratory (EPL) is one of the most unique medical environments in existence today.

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Alliance of Cardiovascular Professionals

JUNE 24, 2024

The Electrophysiology Laboratory (EPL) is one of the most unique medical environments in existence today. RCES-Scope-of-Practice-ACVP-2017 Available for download!

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Clinical and laboratory safety evaluations were made at baseline and every 3 weeks until the end of the study. Baseline demographics, risk factors, and laboratory results were not different between groups. In all patients, no clinical or laboratory toxicities were observed.

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Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 29, 2024

Joe directs the Cardiovascular & Applied Physiology (CAP) Laboratory which has the mission to advance knowledge on cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment strategies. Joseph Watso, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology at Florida State University.

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American Heart News - Heart News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Research Highlights: In a study of patients in a hospital in Taiwan, artificial intelligence technology paired with electrocardiogram testing reduced the time to diagnose and transfer people with heart attacks to the cardiac catheterization laboratory.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 31, 2024

A comprehensive evaluation of clinical, laboratory, radiographic features, disease activity, treatment and outcomes was carried out. All patients had aberrant laboratory parameters. We aimed to summarize the clinical features of infant TA (I-TA) in a tertiary care center. 36) months. 51, and 5.6/54, 54, respectively.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

JANUARY 24, 2024

In a new study, researchers show that introducing this mutation to rat heart tissue grown in a laboratory can induce growth. The genetic mutation in the protein BRAF, a part of the MAPK signaling pathway that can promote cell division, is one of the most common and most aggressive found in melanoma patients.

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Cancer Laboratory Research 62

American College of Cardiology

JANUARY 11, 2024

The following are key points to remember from an AHA Scientific Statement on cardiac catheterization laboratory management of the comatose adult patient with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 11, 2024

No significant abnormalities were detected in the patient's preoperative laboratory examination. We report a case of multiple myxomas in left atrium and right ventricle inducing acute cerebral infarction.

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HeartRhythm

MAY 8, 2024

Establishing the precise mechanism of cardiac arrhythmias in the electrophysiology laboratory is one of the main requisites for a successful and safe ablation.

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CardiacWire

MAY 8, 2024

The researchers analyzed 2011-2020 NHANES survey results and laboratory measurements from 10,762 nationally representative US adults (47.3yr avg. Officially published by the AHA six months ago, CKM syndrome defines the connections and risks associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease.

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Science Daily - Heart Disease

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Their approach, based on replacement of the PKP2 gene, led to significant structural and functional improvements in laboratory models of the disease. Researchers have laid the foundation for the development of a gene therapy for the genetic heart disease arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to determine the best cut-off values of clinical and laboratory data for predicting myocardial injury. The stratified log-rank statistic was used to compare the probability of patients developing intensive care.

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NOVARAD

APRIL 19, 2023

Reduced staffing, budget constraints, and laboratory consolidation increase the need for automation, and fortunately, the streamlining of everyday activities improves operational efficiencies, reduces errors, and strengthens patient care.

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Heart BMJ

APRIL 15, 2024

Physical examination, an ECG, basic laboratories and a chest X-ray were unremarkable. He denied dyspnoea, cough, fevers, recent travel or exposure to sick people. He did not smoke or use alcohol or illicit drugs. There was no pertinent family history.

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DAIC

JULY 11, 2024

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

MARCH 7, 2024

Methods This double-blind, randomized controlled trial was conducted in the morning in a laboratory setting and was carried out between June 2017 and July 2017 at Kambaikan, Doshisha University (Karasuma-higashi-iru, Imadegawa-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8580, Japan). years) were included.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

DECEMBER 18, 2023

We performed a clinical, echocardiographic, and laboratory evaluation and profiled circulating miRNA in the serum samples. We assigned 104 participants to four groups: healthy controls (HC), Chagas non-cardiomyopathy controls, CHCM cases, and ischemic cardiomyopathy controls.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JUNE 3, 2024

Workup including routine laboratory results, 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), echocardiogram, and coronary angiogram was non-specific. During the intravenous lacosamide infusion, the patient developed sudden cardiac arrest caused by ventricular arrhythmias necessitating resuscitation.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

AUGUST 1, 2024

Clinical laboratories therefore need to deliver timely, accurate and standardised measurements of Lp(a). The development of a reference material (WHO/IFCC SRM-2B) to assign molar values to calibrators alongside immunoassays that minimise sensitivity to the effect of isoform size (e.g.,

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Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

JANUARY 2, 2024

present the culmination from a line of work in the Olson laboratory focused on in vivo gene editing of CAMK2D. Rapid progress has been made during the last decade due to the discovery and refinement of CRISPR/Cas9 as an accurate, fast, and reliable genome editing technique. In this issue of the JCI, Lebek et al.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Laboratory data for each vascular event (stroke or TIA) were collected. The most recent laboratory data preceding events were also collected (baseline). Perioperative events (those occurring ≤7 days after revascularization) were excluded.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

JANUARY 2, 2024

In Class ≥2, longer door-to-balloon (D-to-B) time, PCI informed consent time, catheterization laboratory activation time, and diagnosis-to-loading dose dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) time were associated with increased mortality risk. The cohort was stratified by Killip classification at admission (Class 1: n  = 402, Class ≥2: n  = 262).

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Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Currently, measurement of relative pulmonary perfusion can only be performed outside the catheterization laboratory. Real-time measurement of lung perfusion at the catheterization laboratory has the potential to reduce unnecessary testing, associated costs, and radiation exposure. Further optimization and validation is warranted.

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Heart BMJ

MARCH 22, 2024

Laboratory evaluation revealed electrolytes, haematological profile, renal and liver panel to be within normal limits. Resuscitation with urgent cardioversion in view of haemodynamic instability with wide complex tachycardia was done. N-terminal pro Brain Natiuretic Peptide(NT-proBNP)(ECLIA, Roche) was elevated at 1360 pg/mL.

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