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Who needs to be screened for primary aldosteronism?
J Formos Med Assoc. 2023 Aug 24:S0929-6646(23)00335-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.08.021. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe prevalence of patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) is about 5%-15% in hypertensive patients, and it is common cause of secondary hypertension in clinical practice. Two major causes of PA are noted, namely bilateral adrenal hyperplasia and aldosterone-producing adenoma, and the general diagnosis is based on three steps: (1) screening, (2) confirmatory testing, and (3) subtype differentiation (Figure 1). The recommendation for screening patients is at an increased risk of PA, here we focus on which pa...
Source: J Formos Med Assoc - August 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Wei-Chieh Huang Feng-Hsuan Liu Hao-Min Cheng Yi-Chun Tsai Yen-Ta Huang Tai-Shuan Lai Yen-Hung Lin Vin-Cent Wu Hsien-Li Kao Charles Jia-Yin Hou Kwan-Dun Wu Szu-Tah Chen Leay Kiaw Er Source Type: research

Association of chocolate consumption with neurological and cardiovascular outcomes in atrial fibrillation: data from two Swiss atrial fibrillation cohort studies (Swiss-AF and BEAT-AF)
CONCLUSION: While chocolate consumption was not associated with MRI findings and major adverse cardiac events in an atrial fibrillation population, No/Low-Ch was associated with a lower cognitive construct score, higher risk of heart failure hospitalisation and increased all-cause mortality compared to Mod-Ch.CLINICALTRIALS: gov Identifier: NCT02105844.PMID:37609948 | DOI:10.57187/smw.2023.40109
Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - August 23, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Annina Stauber Andreas M üller Nikki Rommers Stefanie Aeschbacher Nicolas Rodondi Leo H Bonati Juerg H Beer Raban V Jeger David J Kurz Claudia Liedtke Peter Ammann Marcello Di Valentino Patricia Chocano Richard Kobza Michael K ühne David Conen Stefan Os Source Type: research

Stay Fit to Avoid A-Fib and Stroke
TUESDAY, Aug. 22, 2023 -- People can help reduce their odds of developing atrial fibrillation or stroke through one piece of standard medical advice: stay fit. According to a new study in 15,000 people, physical fitness was found to have a lower...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Screening over 100 000 patients in 39 general practices in the Netherlands for anticoagulation underprescription in atrial fibrillation: a descriptive, cross-sectional study
Conclusions In this large Dutch study among GPs, we observed 9.8% underprescription of OAC in AF patients. In 76% of the AF patients lacking a prescription for OAC, no documentation for deviating from the guidelines was found. Only in a minority of cases detection of OAC underprescription lead to OAC initiation.
Source: BMJ Open - August 18, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Voorhout, L., Pisters, R., Geurts, C. H. P. H., Oostindjer, A., van Doorn, S., Rila, H., Fuijkschot, W. W., Verheugt, F., Hemels, M. E. W. Tags: Open access, Cardiovascular medicine Source Type: research

In-thrombus thrombin secretion: a new diagnostic marker of atrial fibrillation in cryptogenic stroke
Isr Med Assoc J. 2022 Dec 1;25(12):853-854.ABSTRACTEndovascularly retrieved clots may be a potential resource for diagnosing stroke etiology. This method may influence secondary prevention treatment. We measure thrombin activity eluted by serially washing clots. We concluded that an assay measuring the change in thrombin in clots retrieved during acute stroke endovascular thrombectomy procedures may serve as a diagnostic marker of the origin of the clot. The suggested mechanism for these differences may be the clot location before its retrieval, with high blood flow causing thrombin washout in atherosclerotic clots, in con...
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - August 16, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Ze'ev Itsekson Hayosh Eiman Abu Bandora Natalia Shelestovich Maya Nulman Mati Bakon Gal Yaniv Boris Khaitovitch Shmuel Balan Alexandra Gerasimova Tali Drori Stefan Mausbach Yvonne Schwammenthal Arnon Afek Joab Chapman Efrat Shavit Stein David Orion Source Type: research