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What Sub-Saharan African Nations Can Teach the U.S. About Black Maternal Health
While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. policymakers can look to sub-Saharan Africa for guidance on reversing this trend. Credit: Ernest Ankomah/IPSBy Ifeanyi NsoforABUJA, Jun 2 2023 (IPS) New research shows that Black mothers in the United States disproportionately live in counties with higher maternal vulnerability and face greater risk of preterm death for the fetus, greater risk of low birth weight for a baby, and a higher number of maternal deaths. While poor maternal outcomes among Black women in the U.S. is not new, improving it is imperative. U.S. poli...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - June 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Ifeanyi Nsofor Tags: Africa Gender Headlines Health Inequality North America Poverty & SDGs Maternal Health Source Type: news

Inflammation May Be the Culprit Behind Our Deadliest Diseases
In the early days of my medical residency, I met a man whom we’ll call Jason. He arrived to our emergency room on a holiday, nonchalant yet amiable, and complained of mild chest pain. Jason was tall and trim, with a strong South Boston accent and fingertips still faintly stained from his last home-improvement project. He was only 45 years old, but he looked much younger. He didn’t smoke, barely drank alcohol, and his cholesterol levels had always been normal. No one in his family had a history of heart disease. He asked us if we could work quickly—he wanted to be home for dinner with his daughters. [time-...
Source: TIME: Health - April 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shilpa Ravella Tags: Uncategorized freelance health Source Type: news

Safety and Efficacy of Pharmaco-invasive Approach Using Streptokinase Compared With Primary Percutaneous Coronary Angiography
Conclusion: Utilizing streptokinase in early re-perfused patients by PI approach (≤3 hrs) seems safe and efficient when PPCI delay (>120 min from symptom onset) is the other option.
Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology - August 28, 2021 Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Study Source Type: research

Middle East Treatment Strategies and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: One-Year Follow-up Data from Garfield-AF Study
ConclusionWe have found that rates of stroke and bleeding were lower, although mortality was higher, in the Middle East population. This paper describes the baseline characteristics, patterns of antithrombotic treatment and 1-year outcomes in Middle East AF patients.Trial Registrationhttp://www.clinicaltrials.gov. Identifier, NCT01090362.
Source: Advances in Therapy - March 27, 2021 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: research

A Multi Center Experience: Is Valve Replacement Safe for Patients with Hugely Dilated Left Ventricle?
CONCLUSION: Valve replacement in patients with hugely dilated left ventricle are safe operations with satisfactory outcomes even if combined with other procedures, especially with proper preoperative preparation, intraoperative preservation of posterior mitral leaflet, and meticulous postoperative follow up in the surgical ICU. PMID: 31895029 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Heart Surgery Forum - November 24, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ahmed A, Toema A, Yehia A, Hashim Y, Elkahely M, Onsy A Tags: Heart Surg Forum Source Type: research

XANTUS-EL: A real-world, prospective, observational study of patients treated with rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation in Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Latin America
ConclusionsXANTUS-EL confirmed low stroke and major bleeding rates in patients with NVAF from EEMEA and Latin America. The population was younger but with more heart failure and hypertension than XANTUS; stroke/SE rate was similar but major bleeding lower.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - October 5, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Clinical safety profile of ticagrelor compared to clopidogrel in 1208 patients: Real world evidence
ConclusionIn the real world settings, patients undergoing PCI treated with ticagrelor showed similar safety profile compared to clopidogrel but with increase in minor bleeding rate. The observed results were in alignment with PLATO clinical trial.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - July 10, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Primary PCI versus Pharmaco-Invasive Strategy in Patients with ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction; a Randomized Clinical Study
Conclusion: Immediate fibrinolysis followed by coronary angiography 3-24 hr later resulted in similar short term outcome and earlier effective reperfusion in patients with STEMI compared to PPCI.Keywords:Fibrinolysis,PCI,Reperfusion,STEMIView:PDF (323.13 KB)Click here to download the PDF file.‹ Probability of Dying and Survival Analysis of Diabetic and/Hypertensive Patients Who Undergone Hemodialysis with Heart Disease Complication: A Comparison between a Hemodialysis Center Jakarta, Indonesia and Penang, MalaysiaAssessment of Risk Factors for the Cardiovascular Diseases in People Visiting a Tertiary Care Hospital for Ro...
Source: Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research - March 8, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: yunus Source Type: research

Outcome of transcatheter aortic valve implantation in high risk patients with severe aortic stenosis
Conclusion TAVI is a safe and effective procedure in selected high-risk patients with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis without significant difference between used valves.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - August 7, 2017 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Safety and efficacy of transcatheter left atrial appendage closure using the Watchman device in Egyptian patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
Conclusion LAA closure with the Watchman device can be safely performed, and may be a reasonable alternative to consider for patients at high risk for stroke but with contraindications to systemic oral anticoagulation or with high risk of bleeding.
Source: The Egyptian Heart Journal - July 18, 2015 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research