Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Sudden Cardiac Deaths Down Among NCAA Athletes
Strategies to reduce sudden cardiac death among competing athletes may be having a positive effect.
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Anticoagulants Safe With Enzyme-Inducing Meds for Epilepsy
“A potential explanation may be pharmacokinetic interaction with enzyme-inducing antiseizure medications occurring to a degree that lowers DOAC...
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Newborn Recipient of Partial Heart Transplant Doing Well
Transplanted aorta and pulmonary valves continue to grow for infant diagnosed prenatally with persistent truncus arteriosus and severe truncal...
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Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A ‘Silver Lining’?
Thoracic aortic aneurysms carry potential for high mortality but may also protect against atherosclerotic plaque.
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Death Risk Takes Decades to Revert to Normal in Ex-Smokers
After 30 years, former smokers can reduce their cardiovascular mortality risk by 100%, the cancer-related by 93%, and the respiratory-related...
Feature
How to Reduce Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality in Psoriasis and PsA
Experts take a look at the landscape of why and how dermatologists and rheumatologists ought to play a more consistent and active role in primary...
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Antihypertensives show similar long-term mortality rates
Mortality was not significantly different among users of three different antihypertensives over a follow-up of up to 32 years.
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Smoking alters salivary microbiota in potential path to disease risk
"Decreased microbial nitrate reduction pathway abundance in smokers may provide an additional explanation for the effect of smoking on...
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Bariatric surgery still best option for some with obesity
“Sometimes we might need to go straight to surgery instead of going through medications first, because it may be the most effective and evidence-...
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AI-ECG gets STEMI patients to cath lab sooner
An artificial intelligence electrocardiography app cut catheterization lab activation times by 9 minutes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction...
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‘Love more’: Why doctors should promote social connection
Embracing community and close relationships helps people live longer and be happier.