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Surgeon General Report Prioritizes Hypertension Control
Nation’s top doc calls on clinicians and patients to reverse negative trends.
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Ticagrelor in the Elderly: More Potent Platelet Inhibition Not Always Better
In a study of 14,000 elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction, treatment with ticagrelor was associated with higher risks of bleeding and all-cause death vs. clopidogrel.
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Which Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Need a Blood Transfusion?
A randomized trial of a restrictive blood transfusion strategy vs. a more liberal strategy in patients with acute myocardial infarction and anemia showed the restrictive strategy is noninferior to the liberal strategy for preventing the primary outcome of death, reinfarction, stroke, or emergency revascularization.
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Nuts and Heart Health
Investigators studied changes in quantity of nut consumption and relative risk of cardiovascular disease, finding significantly lower risk when nut consumption increases by > 0.5 servings daily.
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Intermittent Fasting, Pesco-Mediterranean Diet Can Improve Health
Meta-analysis reveals pattern of better cardiovascular health among those who consume more seafood, vegetables, and fruit vs. those who live on red meat-heavy diets.
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What Is the Cause of This Regular WCT?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from an older woman who presented with hypotension. What is the rhythm?
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Is Isolated Diastolic Hypertension a Disease?
An analysis of three large prospective databases showed the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association revised definition of isolated diastolic hypertension as > 80 mmHg rather than the previous definition of > 90 mmHg resulted in a 5% higher prevalence of diastolic hypertension.
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High Blood Pressure Control, Awareness on the Decline Among U.S. Adults
Health groups lament a trend that could undo years of work.
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Study: Few Black Adults Taking Proper Medicine for Difficult-to-Treat Hypertension
Black patients may not receive the right medications or proper lifestyle counseling.
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Does BAMI Spell the End for Cell-Based Therapy After Acute Myocardial Infarction?
Investigators tested the mortality benefit of intracoronary bone marrow cells in patients with successfully reperfused acute myocardial infarction. They observed no effect on mortality.