Cardiology
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Missed visits during pandemic cause ‘detrimental ripple effects’
ACP president says doctors are already seeing the consequences of postponing care.
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Semaglutide for meaningful weight loss in obesity and diabetes?
“This is by far the best result we had with any weight loss medicine in patients with diabetes,” says the senior author of the STEP 2 clinical...
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RECOVERY trial of COVID-19 treatments stops colchicine arm
Recruitment was halted for lack of efficacy in patients hospitalized with the disease.
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MIS-C follow-up proves challenging across pediatric hospitals
First came the challenge of figuring out the best treatment regimen for patients with MIS-C. Then physicians had to think about follow-up.
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Heart failure redefined with new classifications, staging
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Heart health in pregnancy tied to CV risk in adolescent offspring
Moms with poor cardiovascular health during pregnancy have children with more risk factors in early adolescence. The association is not causation...
Photo Rounds
New skin papules
The location of the patient’s lesions, as well as her underlying conditions, pointed to the diagnosis.
Applied Evidence
Is an underlying cardiac condition causing your patient’s palpitations?
This review lists the questions to ask to obtain important diagnostic clues and provides an algorithm for evaluating palpitations when the initial...
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No vascular benefit of testosterone over exercise in aging men
Treatment with the hormone, at therapeutic doses, did not impact vascular endothelial function, nor was it additive to exercise in a randomized...
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Big data ‘clinch’ link between high glycemic index diets and CVD
Data from nearly 120,000 adults worldwide in the PURE study forms the clearest evidence so far that a diet with less processed carbs is associated...
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Thirteen percent of patients with type 2 diabetes have major ECG abnormalities
ECGs from more than 8,000 Dutch patients with type 2 diabetes, most without known cardiovascular disease, show that major abnormalities are not...