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David Lanfear
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2 years ago
In this video, Professor David Lanfear (Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, US) discusses a subgroup analysis of GALACTIC-HF which aimed to evaluate the effect of omecamtiv mecarbil in black patients with heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Originally presented at HFSA 2021, the additional results suggest that the outcomes in black patients treated with this drug are similar…
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Avirup Guha
Job title: Director of Cardio-Oncology
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Author(s):
Ariana Traub
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Apoorva Sharma
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Maria Carolina Gongora
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1 month ago
Abhishek Joshi
Job title: Cardiac Imaging Fellow
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Shawna D Nesbitt
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3 years ago
Epidemiology
Hypertension is both more common and more destructive in African-Americans than in other ethnic groups. According to the 2005–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data, the current prevalence of hypertension in African-Americans is 39.1%, which is well above non-Hispanic whites at 28.5%. While awareness and treatment rates are similar between African…
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Author(s):
Kate Wilcox
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David Preiss
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1 year ago
AHA 22 - Dr Kate Wilcox, CardioNerds Academic Fellow (Medical College of Wisconsin, US) joins us in this collaboration between the @CardioNerds and Radcliffe Cardiology to interview Dr David L Preiss(University of Oxford, UK), investigator of the late-breaking EMPA-Kidney trial (NCT03594110).
The trial, first presented AHA 22, looked at the SGLT2i, empagliflozin's (Boehringer Ingelheim)effect on…
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Vanessa Livingstone
Job title: Lead Nurse and Director of Clinical Services
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Author(s):
Hisham A Badreldin
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Khalid bin Saleh
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Majed Al-Yami
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3 years ago
WRAP-IT
The Worldwide Randomized Antibiotic Envelope Infection Prevention Trial (WRAP-IT) was a prospective multicenter study to determine the safety and efficacy of an absorbable surgical mesh envelope containing two antibiotics (minocycline and rifampin) in reducing infection incidence in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices compared to standard care.1 Approximately 7,000…
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Author(s):
Naomi Abe
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John D Bisognano
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3 years ago
Hypertension is the most common chronic disease in the US, affecting 29% of the adult population.1 Once considered a benign, compensatory mechanism for ageing, high blood pressure (BP) is now recognised as an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It is estimated that inadequate BP control is responsible for 62% of cases of cerebrovascular disease, 49% of cases of ischemic heart…
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