Emory University

Presumed consent, by which a country’s residents agree to donate their organs upon death unless they actively opt out, has the potential to improve the donor rate in the United States but raises supply-and-demand issues, speakers said.

Among patients with stable CAD assigned to an invasive strategy in the ISCHEMIA trial, those who achieved complete revascularization had better clinical and quality of life outcomes, researchers reported.

Patients with head and neck cancer experienced an increase in epigenetic age acceleration, especially directly after treatment, which appeared associated with greater fatigue and inflammation, according to a study in Cancer.

Patients who received dialysis treatments at for-profit facilities were 16% less likely to be referred for transplantation during a 4-year period than those who had treatments at nonprofit facilities, research showed.

Anxiety and depression are associated with less ideal CV health in young adults, according to data presented at the American Heart Association’s virtual Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions.

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease did not increase the risk for major COVID-19 complications, including the need for dialysis, compared with other cystic kidney disease or cystic liver disease.

Younger Black women had higher BMI, LDL levels, salt intake and fast food consumption compared with older Black women, according to research presented at the virtual American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

The use of CABG has declined dramatically in MI admissions, particularly in STEMI, according to a presentation at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

Among young and middle-aged survivors of MI, psychological distress was associated with elevated risk for major adverse CV events at 5 years, according to a presentation at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

There are 2 to 3 million people with type 1 diabetes in the United States, and about half of them are managed by general internists, according to Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, MACP, president-elect of the American Diabetes Association.