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Twenty-eight percent of trials used historical, external, or other control; nearly half used surrogate measure as a primary end point

For adults aged 20 to 39 years, clinical criteria alone would yield 1.3 cases per 1,000 screened; adding genetic testing would increase the yield to 4.2 cases

Greater glycemic variability is associated with increased risk for major adverse cardiovascular events

Some in-hospital therapies and prophylactic treatments may confer no benefit or are potentially harmful and should be reconsidered

Highest risk for diabetes seen for those with hypertension, AS compared with those with normotension and normal AS

Overall disposition from the emergency department was 1.39 times longer for Hispanic versus non-Hispanic patients

Younger adults with prediabetes have increased odds of T1MI, but do not have increased risk for MACCE

Findings independent of other risk factors like age, sex, race, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia

However, emphysema score, lung function, exacerbation frequency, and hypoxemia do not predict coronary stenosis or calcium score >100

Artificial intelligence algorithm applied to watch single-lead ECG identified 13 of 16 patients with left ventricular dysfunction