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McConnell ’ s Bid to Downplay Freezes Undermined by History of Politicians Lying About Their Health
After Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze during a press conference this month, the Kentucky Republican’s second such episode this summer, his office released a note from the Capitol physician intended to calm those worried about his ability to continue at his job. Dr. Brian Monahan told McConnell in the letter that there was “no evidence that you have a seizure disorder or that you experienced a stroke, TIA or movement disorder such as Parkinson’s disease.” Monahan suggested the episodes may be related to the Leader’s concussion in March or to dehydration.  [time-brightcove n...
Source: TIME: Health - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mini Racker Tags: Uncategorized Congress Source Type: news

Trends in cardiovascular complications of pregnancy: A nationwide inpatient sample analysis
CONCLUSION: There are concerning increases in certain cardiac complications during pregnancy. This is likely due to increasing age at the time of pregnancy and associated comorbidities.PMID:37678669 | DOI:10.1016/j.amjms.2023.09.001
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - September 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eric D Warner Saaniya Farhan Matthew Bierowski Farhan Sahawneh Estefania Oliveros Preethi Pirlamarla Stefanie Marek-Iannucci Bhavadharini Ramu Waqas Ullah Yevgeniy Brailovsky Indranee N Rajapreyar Source Type: research

Trends in cardiovascular complications of pregnancy: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample analysis: Trends in cardiovascular complications of pregnancy
CONCLUSION: There are concerning increases in certain cardiac complications during pregnancy. This is likely due to increasing age at the time of pregnancy and associated comorbidities.PMID:37678669 | DOI:10.1016/j.amjms.2023.09.001
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - September 7, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eric D Warner Saaniya Farhan Matthew Bierowski Farhan Sahawneh Estefania Oliveros Preethi Pirlamarla Stefanie Marek-Iannucci Bhavadharini Ramu Waqas Ullah Yevgeniy Brailovsky Indranee N Rajapreyar Source Type: research

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers for adults with early (stage 1 to 3) non-diabetic chronic kidney disease
CONCLUSIONS: There is currently insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of ACEi or ARB in patients with stage 1 to 3 CKD who do not have DM. The available evidence is overall of very low certainty and high risk of bias. We have identified an area of large uncertainty for a group of patients who account for most of those diagnosed as having CKD.PMID:37466151 | DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD007751.pub3
Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - July 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tess E Cooper Claris Teng David J Tunnicliffe Brydee A Cashmore Giovanni Fm Strippoli Source Type: research

Permanent Implantable Cardiac Support Systems.
CONCLUSION: A VAD system can be implanted as an alternative to cardiac transplan- tation or as a bridging treatment until the patient can be listed for transplantation and receive the transplant. Because of the organ s , only a minority of VAD patients ever receive a transplant. PMID: 31931951 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Deutsches Arzteblatt International - January 16, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Dtsch Arztebl Int Source Type: research

Current Role of the Total Artificial Heart in the Management of Advanced Heart Failure
AbstractThe total artificial heart (TAH) is a form of mechanical circulatory support that involves resection of the native ventricles followed by placement of a device that can restore total pulmonary and systemic flow. Given the increasing burden of congestive heart failure and cardiovascular disease, the number of people in need of cardiac replacement therapy will continue to grow. Despite aggressive efforts to expand the donor pool, the number of heart transplants in the United States (US) has plateaued at less than 3000 per year. In addition, there is increasing recognition of the long-term complications of current gen...
Source: Current Cardiology Reports - November 21, 2019 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research

Long-Term Single Centre Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Renal Dialysis Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
CONCLUSIONSCardiac surgery in DD-CRF patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Interestingly, overall mortality was mainly none cardiac-related, where elderly patients or those presented with CHF had the worst life expectancy. However, subsequent kidney transplantation positively impact long-term survival in such patients.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 27, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Long-Term Single Centre Outcomes of Patients with Chronic Renal Dialysis Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
CONCLUSIONS: Cardiac surgery in DD-CRF patients is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Interestingly, overall mortality was mainly none cardiac-related, where elderly patients or those presented with CHF had the worst life expectancy. However, subsequent kidney transplantation positively impact long-term survival in such patients. PMID: 31563486 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - September 25, 2019 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Mourad F, Cleve N, Nowak J, Wendt D, Sander A, Demircioglu E, El Gabry M, Jakob H, Shehada SE Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVADS): History, Clinical Application and Complications.
Authors: Eisen HJ Abstract Congestive heart failure is a major cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a major health care cost in the developed world. Despite the introduction of highly effective heart failure medical therapies and simple devices such as cardiac resynchronization therapy that reduce mortality, improve cardiac function and quality of life, there remains a large number of patients who do not respond to these therapies or whose heart failure progresses despite optimal therapy. For these patients, cardiac transplantation is an option but is limited by donor availability as well as co-morbidities w...
Source: Korean Circulation Journal - June 28, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Korean Circ J Source Type: research

Changing Incidence of Major Cardiovascular Events in Multiple Myeloma Patients over Time
Conclusion: CVD is a common complication in MM patients: within 5 years of a MM diagnosis, over 25% develop CVD requiring hospitalization. Contrary to our hypothesis, we did not find increased CVD admissions in the most recent era. Decreased admissions due to CHF and CAD in the most recent era of diagnosis may indicate a greater awareness of this issue, routine thromboprophylaxis with anti-platelet agents in patients being treated with immunomodulatory agents, or changes in secular trends in the diagnosis and treatment of CVD. CVD is an ongoing source of morbidity for MM patients requiring further study and the vigilance o...
Source: Blood - November 21, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: Rosenberg, A. S., Li, Q., Brunson, A. M., Tuscano, J., Wun, T., Keegan, T. H. M. Tags: 904. Outcomes Research-Malignant Conditions: Poster II Source Type: research

Add-On Antihypertensive Medications to Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study.
CONCLUSIONS: Compared with thiazide diuretics, calcium channel blockers were associated with a lower risk of significant kidney events and a similar risk of cardiovascular events. PODCAST: This article contains a podcast at https://www.asn-online.org/media/podcast/CJASN/2018_03_23_CJASNPodcast_18_5_S.mp3. PMID: 29572286 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - March 23, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Schroeder EB, Chonchol M, Shetterly SM, Powers JD, Adams JL, Schmittdiel JA, Nichols GA, O'Connor PJ, Steiner JF Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research

Hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease after liver transplantation in the United States
Conclusions: CVD after liver transplant is evolving and responsible for growing rates of inpatient care. Transplant hospitals are associated with poor outcomes, even after risk adjustment for patient and hospital characteristics, which may be attributable to selective referral of certain patient phenotypes, but could also be related to differences in quality of care. Further study is warranted. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Source: Liver Transplantation - March 15, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Narjeet S. Khurmi, Yu ‐Hui Chang, D. Eric Steidley, Andrew L. Singer, Winston R. Hewitt, Kunam S. Reddy, Adyr A. Moss, Amit K. Mathur Tags: Original Article Source Type: research

Developing a New Score: How Machine Learning Improves Risk Prediction
Composite risk scores have been used for decades to identify disease risk and health status in the general population. However, current approaches often fail to identify people who would benefit from intervention or recommend unnecessary intervention. Machine learning promises to improve accuracy, ensuring targeted treatment for patients that need it and reducing unnecessary intervention. Framingham Risk Score, the gold standard for predicting the likelihood of heart disease, predicts hospitalizations with about 56% accuracy. It uses factors such as age, gender, smoking, cholesterol levels, and systolic blood pressure to...
Source: MDDI - November 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Heather R. Johnson Tags: R & D Source Type: news

Vascular Damage and Kidney Transplant Outcomes: An Unfriendly and Harmful Link.
Abstract Kidney transplant (KT) is the treatment of choice for most patients with chronic kidney disease, but this has a high cardiovascular mortality due to traditional and nontraditional risk factors, including vascular calcification. Inflammation could precede the appearance of artery wall lesions, leading to arteriosclerosis and clinical and subclinical atherosclerosis in these patients. Additionally, mineral metabolism disorders and activation of the renin-angiotensin system could contribute to this vascular damage. Thus, understanding the vascular lesions that occur in KT recipients and the pathogenic mechan...
Source: The American Journal of the Medical Sciences - July 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hernández D, Triñanes J, Armas AM, Ruiz-Esteban P, Alonso-Titos J, Duarte A, González-Molina M, Palma E, Salido E, Torres A Tags: Am J Med Sci Source Type: research