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Cerebral small vessel disease progression linked to MCI in hypertensive patients
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‘Payoff will be great’ if we can conquer childhood obesity, expert says
LOS ANGELES – Direct evidence of a link between obesity in youth and adult cardiovascular disease is beginning to emerge.
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Can higher MAP post cardiac arrest improve neurologic outcomes?
CHICAGO – A target mean arterial pressure higher than what the guidelines recommend appears safe but has mixed results for improving neurologic...
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New risk-prediction model for diabetes under development
LOS ANGELES – Efforts are under way to apply it in clinical practice settings.
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Joint guidelines offer recommendations for treating peripheral artery disease
Cardiologists, radiologists, and cardiovascular interventionalists joined to create multidisciplinary document.
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Extended Holter screening finds A-fib faster after ischemic strokes
MONTREAL – Extended screening of acute ischemic stroke patients for A-fib finds arrhythmias faster than standard work-ups.
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AHA: Statins associated with high degree of safety
Rumors of statins’ adverse side effects are greatly exaggerated.
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Study investigates statin-diabetes link
Complete results are expected by the end of 2019.
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Should metabolic syndrome be renamed circadian syndrome?
Cluster of conditions “is now the main driver of the global chronic disease epidemic and its health burden,” expert says.
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Acute stroke thrombolysis worked safely despite GI bleed or malignancy
CHICAGO – Current guidelines contraindicate acute stroke thrombolysis in patients with GI bleed or malignancy, but a new analysis suggests it’s...