Cardiology
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Death of pig heart transplant patient is more a beginning than an end
The landmark case will have much to teach; still, it “turns back the clock” to a time when immunosuppression was especially intense “because we...
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Guidance seeks to improve statin treatment adherence
A systematic review of trials estimated that between up to 78% of statin intolerance could be attributed to expectation alone.
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Big missed opportunities for BP control in premenopausal women
A new NHANES analysis found no improvement in hypertension control over the past decade and evidence of racial and ethnic disparities in these...
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Cardiologist pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact
The former head of cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Hospital from 1985 to 2018 pleaded guilty to one count of abusive sexual contact of a junior...
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Resistance exercise may be best workout for a good night’s sleep
A head-to-head comparison with other types of exercise suggests resistance exercise may be particularly effective for sleep quality, efficiency,...
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COVID-19 often more severe with congenital heart defects
“Hospitalized patients with heart defects are up to twice as likely to have critical outcomes of COVID-19 illness,” says author of a new study.
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Community genetic testing prompts behavior change in patients
“These two measurements – the change in blood pressure and increased kidney function tests – act as hallmarks for detecting beneficial lifestyle...
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Home blood pressure testing better than at clinics: Study
Individual measures of blood pressure are not as accurate as taking multiple readings over a day and averaging them.
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Cardiac arrest survival lower in COVID-19 inpatients
“We were surprised by the magnitude of COVID’s impact on the cardiac arrest incidence,” researcher says.
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‘Striking’ differences in BP when wrong cuff size is used
A new trial bolsters the case for avoiding a one-cuff-size-fits-all approach to measuring blood pressure and for improving patient access to a...