Heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cite one American dies every 33 seconds because of cardiovascular disease.1 Due to the staggering numbers, heart dysfunction is a well-researched subject. Every finding brings new knowledge to the surface — and one recently led to […]
Bayer announced that the phase III OCEANIC-AF study of the oral factor XIa inhibitor asundexian was stopped early due to inferior efficacy compared with apixaban (Eliquis) for patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib). The CDC reported that the age-adjusted prevalence of hypertension climbed to 44.2% in Los Angeles County and 47.3% across the U.S. from 2015 […]
Embargoed for release until 5:00 p.m. ET on Monday 20 November 2023Annals of Internal Medicine Tip Sheet@AnnalsofimBelow please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. This information is […]
Overall, after 90 days, MMS users were associated with fewer emergency room (ER) visits (12.6% vs. 27.3%), hospital readmissions (8.8% vs. 16%), minor complications (12.2% vs. 20.7%) and major complications that required intervention (8.8% vs. 16%). The most common reasons patients had to visit the ER were heart failure symptoms, neurological symptoms and syncope/falls. Common […]
MONDAY, Nov. 20, 2023 (HealthDay News) — From 1999 to 2020, there was an increase in hypertension among low-income middle-aged adults, while higher-income adults had increases in diabetes and obesity, according to a study published online Nov. 21 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Michael Liu, M.Phil., from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in […]
A revised cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk calculator published by the American Heart Association (AHA) now accounts for a full spectrum of risk factors that contribute to increasing rates of CVD morbidity and mortality. The PREVENT (Predicting Risk of cardiovascular disease EVENTs) calculator retains the use of traditional health metrics and also incorporates, for the first […]
“Today, fewer than 5% of U.S. patients that need cardiac CT are getting appropriately scanned due to lack of access at point-of-care,” Arineta CEO Scott Schubert said in a statement. “This FDA clearance continues Arineta’s vision and leadership to make cardiac CT the front-line imaging test for patients with chest pain and suspected cardiovascular disease, […]
video: Initially, there is a scramble for a loose ball and player M.V. (large white arrow) is struck in the chest by the elbow of an opponent. M.V. stumbles but remains upright for a few seconds just prior to full collapse in cardiac arrest. view more Credit: Heart Rhythm Case Reports Philadelphia, November 20, 2023 […]
image: 3-dimensional ultrasound reconstruction of a carotid artery in an apparently healthy PESA-CNIC-Santander study participant. The upper image shows the situation at the time of the first imaging study, when no atherosclerotic plaques were detected. The lower image shows the same artery 6 years later, when several plaques were detected. view more Credit: CNIC […]
TopMicrobialStock / iStock A Texas A&M University survey of US parents finds that 41% already had or would vaccinate their children against COVID-19, 63% against influenza, and 71% against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this fall and winter. The study, published late last week in Vaccine, involved 5,035 parents of children younger than 18 years surveyed on September […]