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- Low-income patients more likely to take blood pressure medication when doct...Study Highlights: Low-income patients with high blood pressure whose healthcare providers did not use collaborative communication styles or ask about social issues, such as employment and housing, were less likely to take their blood pressure medications as directed. Low-income black ...
- The American Heart Association to offer financial awards to innovative busi...The American Heart Association, the world’s leading voluntary organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, is seeking startup companies, teams, individuals and nonprofit organizations to compete in the EmPOWERED To Serve™ urban business storytelling competition. ...
- New requirements for American Heart Association adult CPR coursesDALLAS, August 15, 2017 — The American Heart Association – the world’s leading voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disease – will now require the use of an instrumented directive feedback device in all courses that teach adult CPR ...
- Vaginal seeding after Caesarean ‘risky’, warn doctorsSwabs of vaginal bacteria, which some say helps the immune system, may be doing more harm than good. ...
- HIV home-testing kits warningThe medicines regulator seizes 114 potentially unreliable home-testing kits. ...
- Green man road crossings ‘too fast’Guidance calls for councils in England to make it easier for elderly and disabled people to cross the road. ...
- Temporal Trends in the Prevalence, Severity and Localization of Myocardial ...The definition, presentation and management of myocardial infarction (MI) have changed substantially in the last decade. Whether these changes have impacted on the presence, severity and localization of necrosis at myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has not been appraised to date. ...
- Frequency of Cholesterol Crystals in Culprit Coronary Artery Aspirate durin...Cholesterol crystals (CCs) have been associated with plaque rupture via mechanical injury and inflammation. This study evaluated the presence of CCs during acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and associated myocardial injury, inflammation, and arterial blood flow before and after percutaneous coronary ...
- Relation of Left Atrial Size, Cardiac Morphology, and Clinical Outcome in A...Left atrial (LA) dilatation in asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS) may be an indicator of advanced disease. We aimed to investigate the association between LA volume index (LAVi) and left ventricular (LV) morphology assessed with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), ...
