States with laws requiring CPR/automated external defibrillator (AED) training in high school have higher rates of bystander CPR (BCPR) after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) than states with no CPR education laws, according ...
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Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours during the weekday, followed by 16 hours of fasting, lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a few ...
May 17, 2022
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Data from the National Health Interview Survey demonstrated adults with a history of allergic disorders have an increased risk of high blood pressure and coronary heart disease, with the highest risk seen in Black male adults. ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Patients treated for a blocked artery in the leg were significantly more likely to have an open artery without further interventions at 12 months if they received the second-generation paclitaxel-coated balloon catheter known ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Patients who received an implantable heart rhythm monitor after suffering a heart attack did not have fewer subsequent cardiovascular events overall, but a subset of patients whose heart attack was classified as non-ST segment ...
Apr 5, 2022
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In the first large, randomized head-to-head comparison of two methods of evaluating patients' need for a stent in their coronary artery, patients who were evaluated using a technique that measures blood flow through the artery ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Sodium thiosulfate showed no benefits for reducing injury to damaged areas of heart muscle following a heart attack, in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 71st Annual Scientific Session. This was the ...
Apr 4, 2022
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The American College of Cardiology's Global Heart Attack Treatment Initiative (GHATI) reports continuing improvements in quality care delivery for heart attacks in low- and middle-income countries with the use of data collection ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who received a single dose of tranexamic acid (TXA), which promotes blood clotting, at the beginning and end of their surgery had significantly less serious bleeding and needed fewer ...
Apr 4, 2022
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Atrial fibrillation (AFib) was confirmed in nearly 94% of people who were initially identified to have signs of the heart rhythm disorder by a smartwatch application and who followed up with a clinician, in a study presented ...
Apr 4, 2022
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