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Fewer patients with bronchiectasis vs. COPD had at least one cardiovascular comorbidity/risk factor, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

Among younger women in the Middle East, those with overweight or obesity were more likely to have hypertension, diabetes and pregnancy-related issues than those without it, according to data from the ANCORS-YW study.

Billing for electronic messages through the patient portal can cause confusion and create communication barriers between clinicians and patients, according to study results.

For pregnant women on bed rest, a foam roller intervention improved lower limb venous blood flow compared with controls, mitigating deep vein thrombosis risk and muscle atrophy, researchers reported.

Commonly used ways of positioning a patient’s arm during BP screenings may significantly overestimate BP and result in misdiagnosis of hypertension and overtreatment, an analysis suggested.

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has released a consensus statement on how catheterization laboratories should manage the technical aspects of PCI for patients with STEMI.

BOSTON — Among patients with interstitial lung disease, 30% had pulmonary arterial hypertension and 20% had right ventricular hypertrophy, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Increased alcohol intake was associated with a significant increase in heart rate and an excess of atrial tachycardias in young adults with no history of cardiac arrhythmias, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal.

A new consensus statement from the Heart Failure Society of America outlines how device-based therapies can help certain patients with HF and how HF devices can be integrated into clinical workflow.

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