Cardiology
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Childhood growth hormones raise risk for adult cardiovascular events
Longer duration of use and higher cumulative dose of hormones added to cardiovascular risk.
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Biomarker HF risk score envisioned as SGLT2 inhibitor lodestar in diabetes
Together, four “easily measured” biomarkers predicted 5-year heart failure risk in patients with diabetes or prediabetes, potentially identifying...
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CVD deaths rose, imaging declined during pandemic
Two new papers quantify the impact of COVID-19 on patients with heart disease: more deaths, less disease testing or diagnosis. Experts suggest...
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Treprostinil offers some benefits for patients with ILD-associated pulmonary hypertension
The INCREASE trial was multicenter, randomized, double blind, and placebo controlled.
Conference Coverage
In COVID-19 patients, risk of bleeding rivals risk of thromboembolism
Guidelines
Updated ACC decision pathway embraces new heart failure treatment strategies
The ACC’s updated decision pathway aims to close the substantial gap between current practice and unmet opportunities for inhibiting HFrEF...
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Ultraprocessed food again linked to increased CVD, death
Individuals who consume a high proportion of ultraprocessed food in their diet were at a heightened risk for cardiovascular disease and all-cause...
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COVID-19 mortality in hospitalized HF patients: Nearly 1 in 4
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Far too few with treatment-resistant hypertension get hormone test
“Testing rates also did not change meaningfully over nearly 2 decades ... despite an increasing number of guidelines recommending testing for...
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Elite soccer players have big hearts and that’s okay
Dataset provides reference standards to answer a question cardiologists face regularly: Is this heart ‘big good’ or ‘big bad?’ Norms are...
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COVID-19 case fatality doubled in heart transplant patients
Heart recipients are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection and should be referred for specialist care, according to transplant experts from...