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Compared with those without it, veterans with HIV had increased risk for sudden cardiac death, according to findings published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

As COVID-19 continues to surge in the United States, there has been an increase in hospitalizations, deaths and capacity issues at hospitals across the country.

The GUIDE-HF trial of hemodynamic-guided management of HF did not meet its primary endpoint, but analyses limited to the period before the COVID-19 pandemic showed benefit in a broader range of patients than previously demonstrated.

Most patients with “immediate and potentially allergic reactions” to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines tolerated a second dose, researchers reported in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Improvements in fatty acid metabolism occurred for women switching from their habitual omnivorous diet to a vegetarian diet, according to a study published in Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Use of interference screws, high baseline scores, non-smokers and low body mass index predicted positive outcomes in patients who undergo revision ACL reconstruction while “ideal” tibial tunnel predicted worse outcomes, according to a speaker, here.

AKI was more common in hospitalizations for COVID-19 than influenza, with study results indicating that AKI with the former led to more severe outcomes, including the need for mechanical ventilation and increased mortality.

Convalescent plasma treatment appeared associated with a reduction in 30-day mortality among patients with hematologic malignancies hospitalized for COVID-19, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.

A protocol for daily assessment of readiness for liberation from venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was feasible and safe, researchers reported in Chest.

In a Mendelian randomization analysis, LDL reduction associated with statin use was linked to elevated odds of type 2 diabetes, but not with other pleiotropic effects.