Cardiology
From the Journals
Autoimmune diseases linked to spike in post-MI events
“People with rheumatic arthritis, when they have a heart attack, are less likely to get the standard kind of treatments and have worse outcomes...
From the Journals
TBI is an unrecognized risk factor for cardiovascular disease
Given the relatively young age of post-9/11–era veterans with TBI, there may be an increased burden of heart disease in the future.
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Your poop may hold the secret to long life
If we could pull off a banking system like this, it could have the potential to treat autoimmune disease, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes,...
Conference Coverage
Myocardial infarction in women younger than 50: Lessons to learn
“Cardiovascular disease is the main cause of death in women, killing seven times more than breast cancer,” notes Dr. Manzo-Silberman.
Conference Coverage
Dietary change tops for reducing CVD risk in stage 1 hypertension
Healthy lifestyle changes, particularly adoption of the DASH diet, can reduce CVD events in people with stage 1 hypertension.
From the Journals
Lack of exercise linked to small heart, HFpEF
Chronic “exercise deficiency” is a major risk factor for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, and regular physical activity ... may...
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Even mild COVID tied to vascular impairment
“It may encourage treating clinicians to be more aggressive with preventative neurovascular and cardiovascular health measures and/or screening in...
Feature
‘Spectacular’ polypill results also puzzle docs
“If they got the same results on the biomarkers that the pill was designed to intervene upon, why are the [primary outcome] results different? It’...
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How does salt intake relate to mortality?
Although there is an ongoing debate about the extent of salt’s effects ... there is no doubt that in most places in the world, people are...
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Test Lp(a) levels to inform ASCVD management: NLA statement
“The question in the scientific community is: What role does that particular biomarker play in terms of causing serious heart disease, stroke, and...
Case Reports
56-year-old man • increased heart rate • weakness • intense sweating • horseradish consumption • Dx?
► Increased heart rate
► Weakness
► Intense sweating
► Horseradish consumption