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Cardiology General

Racial Disparity in Mechanical Thrombectomy Use

Mar 14, 2022

Previous research on racial disparities in mechanical thrombectomy (MT) treatment of acute major vessel occlusion stroke lacked individual patient data, which could have influenced treatment decisions...

In the United States, there are Sex-Specific Temporal Trends in Hypertensive Crisis Hospitalizations

Mar 14, 2022

Despite recent advances in general hypertension control, it was unclear whether the trends applied to the most severe kinds of hypertension—hypertensive crises requiring hospitalization—in both wo...

Long-Term Survival in Peripheral Artery Disease Is Associated With Disease-Specific Health Status

Mar 14, 2022

While peripheral artery disease (PAD) was linked to an elevated risk of cardiovascular morbidity, mortality remained high and difficult to forecast; a precise assessment of serial PAD-specific health ...

Findings from the SUSTAINIT Study on Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Patients With Advanced Heart Failure

Mar 14, 2022

There was a scarcity of research on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in older persons considering advanced heart failure surgical treatments. For a study, researchers compared HRQOL among 3 grou...

Insights from the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment Reporting and Tracking Program on Transitions of Care Among Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Stable Angina

Mar 14, 2022

Transitions from the procedural to the outpatient context must have been seamless to provide high-quality cardiovascular care across health care systems, especially for patients having invasive cardia...

Seasonal Changes in Atrioventricular Fibrillation Admissions and Care Quality in the United States

Mar 14, 2022

For a study, it was determined that in the United States, little was known about seasonal variation in atrial fibrillation (AF) and whether the quality of AF management varies by season. The American ...

After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation as Destination Therapy, Sex Differences in Recovery and Device Replacement

Mar 14, 2022

The impact of sex and pre-implant variables on clinical outcomes in patients using left ventricular assist devices for destination therapy was unknown. The participation of preimplant clinical, demogr...

In the Jackson Heart Study, Depressive Symptoms and Incident Heart Failure: Differential Risk Among Black Men and Women

Mar 14, 2022

In primarily white groups, associations between depression, incident heart failure (HF), and death have been widely documented. However, data from racial minorities, particularly women, was limited, a...

The Nurses' Health Study II: A 7-Year Prospective Analysis of Sexual Violence and Hypertension in Women

Mar 14, 2022

Women were more likely than males to have hypertension, a major modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Even though sexual violence against women was frequent, no prospective research has l...

The OPACH Study Looked at the Relationship Between Accelerometer-Derived Daily Life Movement and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Older Women

Mar 14, 2022

Current physical activity guidelines for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention emphasize volume and intensity rather than common movement behaviors, such as those for everyday living activities. For...

Findings from the Women's Health Initiative Study on Social Isolation and Incident Heart Failure Hospitalization in Older Women

Mar 14, 2022

There was no documented link between social isolation and a lack of social network linkages in older adults. The knowledge gap was critical because the risk of heart failure (HF) and social isolation ...

From the DELTA Registries: Sex Differences in Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention or Coronary Artery Bypass Graft for Left Main Disease

Mar 14, 2022

For research, it was determined that there was a debate on whether sex had a role in the revascularization approach for unprotected left primary coronary artery disease. Women treated with percutaneou...

Pre–Heart Failure Cardiorenal Effects of Long–Term Phosphodiesterase V Inhibition

Mar 14, 2022

In heart failure, phosphodiesterase V (PDEV) was elevated, resulting in increased cGMP degradation and impaired natriuresis. In animal research, PDEV inhibition increased the renal response to B-type ...

The REGARDS Study's Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Symptoms

Mar 14, 2022

It was unclear whether stroke symptoms that did not require a diagnosis were a marker of mild cardioembolic events. For a study, the researchers sought to determine any links between atrial fibrillati...

Suboptimal Cardiovascular Health Among Pregnant Women in the United States: Social Determinants

Mar 14, 2022

For a study, it was determined that the influence of poor cardiovascular health (CVH) and socioeconomic determinants of health (SDOH) on maternal morbidity and mortality was significant. Therefore, re...

Clinical Outcomes of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (Tips) Creation Using Fluency Versus Viatorr Stent-Grafts: A Single-Centre Retrospective Study.

Mar 14, 2022

To investigate the effects of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) creation using Fluency versus Viatorr stent-grafts on the long-term clinical outcomes.This was a single-center retros...

Phase I Study Evaluating Dose De-escalation of Sorafenib with Metformin and Atorvastatin in Hepatocellular Carcinoma (SMASH).

Mar 14, 2022

This phase I dose de-escalation study aimed to assess the tolerability, safety, pharmacokinetics (PK), and efficacy of sequentially decreasing doses of sorafenib in combination (SAM) with atorvastatin...

Intracardiac versus extracardiac shunt in a young man with ischaemic stroke.

Mar 14, 2022

A 24-year-old man with a history of recent ischaemic stroke was diagnosed with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and referred for closure at our hospital. At admission, besides low peripheral oxygen saturati...

Association of pre-admission opioid abuse and/or dependence on major complications in traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients.

Mar 14, 2022

In the last few decades, an opioid related health crisis has been a challenging problem in many countries around the world, especially the United States. Better understanding of the association of pre...

A diagnostic prediction model for hypertension in Han and Yugur population from the China National Health Survey (CNHS).

Mar 14, 2022

The prevalence of hypertension is high among Chinese adults, thus, identifying non-hypertensive individuals at high risk for intervention will help to improve the efficiency of primary prevention stra...