Additional benefits seen for patients with heart failure include higher rates of clinician home visits, more days spent at home
Early Mortality High for Aortic Dissection Patients Not Planned for Surgery
At 48 hours, mortality was 23.7 percent for those medically treated versus 4.4 percent for those surgically treated
Physician Burnout Significantly Increased During 2020 to 2021
Additionally, decreases in satisfaction with work-life integration and increases in depression seen
Outcomes May Be Better for Warfarin Users Who Stop Aspirin Use
Quality improvement effort tied to decrease in major bleeding without increase in thrombotic events
Genetic Predisposition to Smoking Causally Linked to Stroke Outcomes
Link remained significant in multivariable Mendelian randomization analyses adjusting for genetically predicted alcohol consumption
MI Outcomes May Be Worse in Patients With Rheumatic IMID
MI outcomes poorer in Medicare beneficiaries with versus without rheumatic immune-mediated inflammatory disease
Medical Debt Tied to Worsening of Food, Housing Insecurity
Risk factors for medical indebtedness include hospitalization, disability, high deductible, Medicare Advantage, and no insurance coverage
CVD Risk Factors Similar for Men, Women
Diet more strongly linked to CVD risk in women; high non-HDL cholesterol, depression symptoms more strongly linked in men
HIV + Hep C Coinfection Not Tied to Increased Type 1 MI Risk
However, with increasing age, risk for type 1 myocardial infarction increased for people with HIV with versus without hepatitis C virus infection
Recommendations Issued for Perioperative Antithrombotic Management
Two strong recommendations developed against use of heparin bridging in a-fib, and for continuation of VKA in patients getting pacemaker/ICD