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SARS-CoV-2 infection and subsequent COVID-19 are linked to elevated risk for abnormal heart rhythms, and understanding underlying mechanisms and management strategies are clinically important objectives, researchers reported.

Patients with obesity are at increased risk for CVD, in part due to the promotion of an atherogenic lipid profile, according to a speaker.

Researchers in Kentucky identified mechanisms by which heat exposure caused immune response that may increase inflammation.

Since the first orthopedic registry was developed in 1975, registry data have been used to identify implants and techniques with good outcomes and reduce revision rates, specifically in total joint arthroplasty.

Black patients who undergo coronary artery calcium scoring received less post-screening care and had more adverse CV events compared with white patients at a single center, a speaker reported.

Stan L. Block, MD, FAAP, is a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Louisville and the University of Kentucky. He is also president of Kentucky Pediatric and Adult Research Inc.

The age-standardized prevalence of HF in low- to middle-income countries may be much higher than modeling estimates suggest and signals the persistence of global CVD health disparities, according to researchers.

Increased levels of well-being are associated with decreased CVD risk, hypertension and dyslipidemia, as well as improved age-related vascular function, researchers reported.

A single dose of lifileucel conferred an objective response in nearly one-third of patients with advanced unresectable or metastatic melanoma, results from the phase 2 C-144-01 trial showed.

Two widely used clinical scoring systems — the Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB-65 score — comparatively predicted in-hospital mortality in patients with and without SARS-CoV-2-related community-acquired pneumonia, researchers reported.