Cardiology
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Sotatercept tied to disease modification in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Data unveiled at the European Respiratory Society International Congress 2023, held in Milan, suggest that sotatercept treatment has the capacity...
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Lead exposure still a global health burden
Estimates place lead exposure on a par with ambient particulate matter and household air pollution combined, and ahead of unsafe household...
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A Case of Compound Heterozygous Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin G20210A Mutations With Recurrent Arterial Thromboembolism
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Revision of a Massive Transfusion Protocol to Allow for Verbal Orders
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How do you prescribe exercise in primary prevention?
"We must recommend exercise progressively," says cardiologist Thelma Sánchez Grillo, MD.
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Obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths surging
“There is need for dedicated health strategies aimed at individual communities to better understand and tackle the social determinants of obesity...
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Dietary nitrates reduce contrast-induced nephropathy in ACS
“Currently, aside from intravenous hydration, there is no proven treatment that reduces contrast-induced nephropathy. We feel that dietary...
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ESC backs SGLT2 inhibitor plus GLP-1 in diabetes with high CVD risk
Another major change in the new ESC guideline revision is introduction of a CVD risk calculator intended to estimate the risk among people with...
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Wegovy scores HFpEF benefits in people with obesity
The results “indicate that treatment with semaglutide is a valuable therapeutic approach in the management of patients with HFpEF and obesity.”
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Dementia diagnosis a good time to reduce polypharmacy
Time of diagnosis can be a potential inflexion point for deprescribing long-term medications with safety risks, limited benefit, or possible...