Cardiology
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ACC panel defines, advises on heart failure with ‘recovered’ EF
An American College of Cardiology expert panel has issued a definition of heart failure with recovered ejection fraction and recommendations for...
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Unexpected rosuvastatin-canagliflozin adverse effect reported
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Most younger MI patients wouldn’t get statins under guidelines
A retrospective study shows that most younger first-time myocardial infarction patients didn’t meet guideline requirements for preventative statin...
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Early palliative care fails to improve QOL in advanced heart failure
“My first reaction is disappointment. We had hoped to see the ENABLE program, which had been successful in cancer, translate to the heart failure...
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Heart damage even after COVID-19 ‘recovery’ evokes specter of later heart failure
Recovery from acute COVID-19 isn’t necessarily the end of it, clearly. Two reports aim to clarify how SARS-CoV-2 can directly invade the heart and...
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Real-world data show SGLT2 inhibitors for diabetes triple DKA risk
The findings are based on the use of three different SGLT2 inhibitors in Canada and the United Kingdom.
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MIS-C is a serious immune-mediated response to COVID-19 infection
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is still a moving target because there is much still to learn about it.
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Hypertension medication adjustment less likely with polypill
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COVID-19 fears would keep most Hispanics with stroke, MI symptoms home
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Cleaner data confirm severe COVID-19 link to diabetes, hypertension
Initial reports that tied more severe COVID-19 disease to diabetes or hypertension used confounded data, but more refined data show similar links...
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Levothyroxine: No LV benefit in subclinical hypothyroidism with MI
Screening for and subsequent treatment of subclinical hypothyroidism in patients with acute MI to preserve left ventricular function is not...