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May 23, 2024
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Major cardiac event risk in gout rises with monosodium urate deposits on CT

Major cardiac event risk in gout rises with monosodium urate deposits on CT

Among patients with gout, those with cardiovascular monosodium urate deposits, confirmed via dual energy CT, demonstrate a higher risk for major adverse cardiac events, according to data published in Rheumatology.

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May 20, 2024
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Study finds clinicians do not consistently use algorithms when dosing Mircera

Study finds clinicians do not consistently use algorithms when dosing Mircera

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Clinicians do not consistently use algorithms for dosing methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta when treating patients with anemia, presented research shows.

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May 04, 2024
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Secondary CV prevention risk profiles poorer among patients with stroke vs. MI history

Secondary CV prevention risk profiles poorer among patients with stroke vs. MI history

Patients with stroke history had significantly poorer CV prevention profiles compared with patients with history of MI, with pronounced disparities based on race and neighborhood deprivation status, according to study results.

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April 26, 2024
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Climbing stairs reduces risk for all-cause, cardiovascular death

Climbing stairs reduces risk for all-cause, cardiovascular death

In a meta-analysis of studies covering more than 400,000 people, climbing stairs was associated with reduced risk for all-cause mortality and death from heart disease.

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April 25, 2024
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Q&A: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, discusses the current heart failure medication landscape

Q&A: Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, discusses the current heart failure medication landscape

Few areas in cardiology are as active as development and implementation of medical therapies for heart failure, and few people are as familiar with that landscape as Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC.

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April 24, 2024
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Recent studies internal medicine physicians should be aware of

Recent studies internal medicine physicians should be aware of

BOSTON — Editors of Annals of Internal Medicine compiled a list of studies published over the past year that they said have important implications for internal medicine physicians.

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April 18, 2024
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Heart failure a more common complication than stroke in people with atrial fibrillation

Heart failure a more common complication than stroke in people with atrial fibrillation

In a large Danish cohort, heart failure was a more significant CV complication than stroke after diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, which became more common over 20 years.

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April 18, 2024
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Q&A: First responders need to be trained in how women present with heart attack

Q&A: First responders need to be trained in how women present with heart attack

Too often, heart attack signals are missed or misdiagnosed in women, not just by patients and providers, but by first responders as well.

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April 07, 2024
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Chelation therapy fails to improve cardiovascular outcomes after heart attack: TACT2

Chelation therapy fails to improve cardiovascular outcomes after heart attack: TACT2

ATLANTA — In the TACT2 trial, chelation therapy reduced levels of lead in the blood but did not improve cardiovascular outcomes for adults with diabetes and a prior heart attack.

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April 07, 2024
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Beta-blockers may not help after acute heart attack if ejection fraction preserved

Beta-blockers may not help after acute heart attack if ejection fraction preserved

ATLANTA — In patients who underwent early angiography for acute MI and had ejection fraction of 50% or more, long-term beta-blocker use did not reduce risk for death or new MI compared with no use, researchers reported.

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