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Purvi Parwani
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4 months ago
AHA 23 — Dr Purvi Parwani, cardiologist and multimodality imager, and director of the Women's Heart Clinic at Loma Linda University Health in the US, spotlights three game-changing late-breaking science trials from the AHA Scientific Sessions. Discover the trials anticipated to reshape clinical practices as Dr Parwani shares her insights.Trials discussed in detail include:POP-HT: Cardiac…
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Adam E Saltman
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3 years ago
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the chaotic and disorganized activity of the upper chambers of the heart, is the most common cardiac rhythm disturbance. It affects approximately 1% of the US population, or almost three million people. It occurs more frequently in the aged, affecting about 5% of people over 70 and as many as 10% of people over the age of 80. AF is also considered to…
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Vincent W Dennis
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3 years ago
About 26% of the adult population worldwide has hypertension. In the US adult population, about 30% have hypercholesterolemia and 50-75%, depending on age range, share both. In addition, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia frequently coexist with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, cigarette smoking, obesity and sedentary lifestyle, all of which are potent risk factors for cardiovascular diseases…
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Cardio-oncology A-Z
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W Kevin Tsai
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Kathleen M Holohan
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Kim Allan Williams
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3 years ago
Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents a tremendous financial and health burden as the leading cause of death in the US.1 Acute coronary syndrome and its subsequent manifestations, including heart failure and need for cardiac transplantation, are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Hypertension, dyslipidemia, tobacco abuse, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and family history…
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James A Reiffel
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3 years ago
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained, medically significant, and troublesome arrhythmia encountered in clinical practice. AF has been associated with decreased quality of life (symptoms), serious morbidity (thromboemboli and tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy), and increased risk of mortality. Several articles have reviewed this arrthymia in depth including its presentations,…
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Stuart W Zarich
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3 years ago
The clustering of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors associated with insulin is known as 'syndrome XÔÇÖ, the 'deadly quartetÔÇÖ, and 'dysmetabolic syndromeÔÇÖ among others. In addition to the clustering of obesity, hypertension (HTN), glucose intolerance, high triglycerides, and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL), other metabolic abnormalities have been associated with this syndrome, including…
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James R Revenaugh
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3 years ago
This article examines the initial results of the authorÔÇÖs experience to date with percutaneous left ventricular assist (LVA) support of patients in cardiogenic shock, and for temporary left heart support in the setting of high-risk percutaneous intervention. Despite evolving procedural methods, 16 of 18 patients in this study survived to hospital discharge. Intraprocedural complications were…
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Andrea Elliott
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Garima Dahyia
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Rajat Kalra
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2 years ago
Author(s):
Joost Daemen
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Nicolas M Van Mieghem
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5 months ago
What's hot at TCT 2023?
In this episode of View from the Thoraxcenter, Prof Nicolas Van Mieghem and Dr Joost Daemen (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, NL) preview the late-breaking data presented at TCT 2023.
With their dynamic analysis, these anticipated trials are placed in context, highlighting the real-world implications tied to the data releases.
Top trials covered:
00:31 - 02:12: PARTNER 3 Low…
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