April 23rd 2024
Research indicated that worsened glycemic, blood pressure, and obesity control, as well as increased alcohol consumption, leveled lipid control, and persistent socioeconomic disparities may have contributed to the decelerated cardiovascular mortality decline in recent years.
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: 50 Years of Societal Value From LDL-C–Lowering Therapies
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)–lowering therapies have yielded significant value to society through reduced costs for both fatal and nonfatal cardiovascular disease events. The vast majority of this value has accrued to patients.
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Clinical and Economic Outcomes of a Collaborative Cardiology Care Program
Patients with chronic cardiac conditions benefited from a health care program that strengthened collaboration between general practitioners and cardiology specialists in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.
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Bleeding After DAPT Found to Be an Independent Predictor of Cardiovascular Events
December 28th 2020A recent study sought to estimate the incidence of clinical events such as bleeding, myocardial infarction, and all-cause mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction and chronic coronary syndrome who received dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after coronary stenting.
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New ACC Pathway in Atrial Fibrillation Calls for Limiting Aspirin
December 22nd 2020The American College of Cardiology provides new guidance on the best therapy to prevent blood clots for patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease who also have atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism and require an anticoagulant.
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Heavy Drinking Increases Risk of AF-Related Adverse Events
December 12th 2020Despite heavy alcohol consumption being linked to increased incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and bleeding in patients with the condition, recommendations to control heavy drinking among this patient population are lacking.
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Oral Anticoagulants Touted as Having “Excellent Efficacy” in Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
December 5th 2020A recent prospective, observational study investigated the use of direct oral anticoagulants for use in patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation and found favorable safety and efficacy results.
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Carotid Artery Lipid Core Associated With CVD, Independent of Artery Wall Thickness
November 27th 2020It remains unclear whether measures of magnetic resonance imaging plaque characteristics are associated with cardiovascular disease events independent of plaque burden at the population level.
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AHA Telemetry Guidelines Improve Telemetry Utilization in the Inpatient Setting
Using Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles, the studied intervention reduced hospital inpatient telemetry time by 51.25% while increasing American Heart Association (AHA) guideline–based usage.
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Telemetry: Appropriateness of Initial Assignment and Duration in Nonintensive Setting
The authors report overutilization of telemetry monitoring in a community setting, increasing the cost of health care and potential harm to patients with unnecessary interventions.
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Social Determinants of Health Score: Does It Help Identify Those at Higher Cardiovascular Risk?
Calculating a social score is feasible and it predicts cardiovascular outcomes. In order to do this, institutions have to collect social determinants of health.
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