Collaboration Between Medical Specialty Societies and Charitable Clinics Improves Health of Vulnerable Patient Groups
An ACC initiative in North Carolina aims to provide uninsured cardiac patients with heart medications free of charge.
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Cancer Diagnosis Linked to Less Aggressive Treatment for Cardiac Arrest in Hospitalized Patients
The results of a retrospective study published in Resuscitation suggest that post-resuscitation interventions are less aggressive following in-hospital cardiac arrest for patients with cancer compared with individuals without a history of cancer. Although there is evidence that the clinical outcomes of patients experiencing in-hospital cardiac arrest, as well as of patients with cancer in general,…
CDC: Cancer Death Rates Decreased, Heart Disease Deaths Rose
Cancer death rates decreased from 1999 to 2017; heart disease deaths dropped to 2011 and then increased.
Guidance Issued for Managing Heart Disease in Pregnancy
Race/ethnicity, age, hypertension, obesity are key risk factors for CVD-related maternal mortality.
MRI Cardiac Stress Test Predicts Death From Heart Disease
Test has been underused and represents less than 1% of stress tests, study authors say.
Artificial Intelligence Can Use Routine ECGs to Identify Heart Disease
Those with positive AI screen 4 times more likely to develop future ventricular dysfunction.
Heart Disease Leading Cause of Death in Low-Income Counties
Greatest shift to cancer as leading cause of death seen in highest-income counties in United States.
Morbidity, Mortality Up for Youth With CHD Presenting to ED
Children with congenital heart disease presenting to ED at increased risk for morbidity, mortality.
Guidelines Updated for Adult Congenital Heart Disease
New classification system intended to capture complexity of anatomy and physiology of ACHD.
Enlarged Kidneys in Neonates With Congenital Heart Disease
Kidneys of neonates with left heart obstruction consistently found to be larger than normal.
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