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ATLANTA — In Kansas City, Missouri, which maintains a registry of public automated external defibrillators, use of public AEDs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrests was low, even when an AED was located near the patient, researchers reported.

The number one financial goal for most physicians is getting to a comfortable retirement on their own timeline and with the lifestyle they want.

Moderate to vigorous physical activity during childhood was associated with less cardiac work during adolescence, according to study findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Heart surgery is normally an invasive procedure involving a sternotomy, in which a surgeon cuts open the patient’s breastbone or sternum. Twenty years ago, Joseph Lamelas, MD, thought it did not always need to be that way.

Pooled 5-year data of an intra-annular self-expanding transcatheter heart valve in patients with severe aortic stenosis at high surgical risk showed good indicators of durability, researchers reported.

Among individuals with darker skin tones, pulse oximeters often overestimated their oxygen saturation levels, according to a systematic review published in British Journal of Anaesthesia.

Daily sodium intake above the recommended amount increased the risk for mortality from CVD and heart failure among historically underrepresented and underserved populations, a study showed.

Risk for CHD was highest for both men and women who reported binge drinking, which was defined as at least five drinks per day for men and four drinks per day for women in the past 3 months, according to research slated for presentation at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

According to published results, industry payment distributions may be skewed by the 0.1% of physicians in each specialty who were paid more than $1 million from 2013 to 2022.

Preeclampsia significantly increases future risk for CVD; however, many women with preeclampsia fail to attend postpartum follow-up visits and, therefore, do not receive proper preventive care.