Cardiology
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Calcium burden drives CV risk whether coronary disease is obstructive or not
That future cardiovascular risk tracks closely with plaque burden, but not so much with whether the coronary disease is obstructive, may never...
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COVID-19 and risk of clotting: ‘Be proactive about prevention’
"We believe a systematic way of addressing this risk is best, with every patient hospitalized with COVID-19 receiving some type of...
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Infant’s COVID-19–related myocardial injury reversed
Children hospitalized for COVID-19 should be tested for heart failure based on a case report of an infant with COVID-19 and reversible myocardial...
Clinical
Risk associated with perioperative atrial fibrillation
Does new-onset perioperative/postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) increase risk of stroke and death?
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CMS launches hospital-at-home program to free up hospital capacity
The agency will be giving more flexibility to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to provide hospital-level care.
Clinical
Patients with HF have higher risks of postop mortality, complications after ambulatory noncardiac surgery
How does heart failure affect the risk of postoperative mortality and complications in ambulatory noncardiac surgery?
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Blood glucose on admission predicts COVID-19 severity in all
Those with abnormally high glucose levels were more than twice as likely to die from the virus than were those with normal readings.
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Blood pressure treatment reduces bleeding in ICH
The management of blood pressure in ICH is complex. Timing, type of drug, and type of patient must be considered.
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Myocarditis rare, macrophage infiltration common at COVID autopsy
An autopsy study shows myocarditis is uncommon, seen in only 14% of COVID-19 deaths, but macrophage infiltration is very common and might explain...
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Cardiac arrest in COVID-19 pandemic: ‘Survival is possible’
Results of new studies of in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest underline that, despite lower survival rates during the pandemic, rates are “not...