Considerable increases in disparities seen for heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, unintentional injury mortality from 2019 to 2020
Apixaban Compared to Rivaroxaban for A-Fib and Valvular Heart Disease
Risks for ischemic stroke or systemic embolism, bleeding reduced with apixaban versus rivaroxaban for atrial fibrillation and valvular heart disease
Phosphodiesterase-5 Inhibitors Not Tied to Alzheimer Disease Risk
No evidence seen for reduced risk for Alzheimer disease and related dementia across four separate analytic approaches
Beneficial Effect of Intensive BP Control Does Not Persist
Beneficial effect seen over median intervention period of 3.3 years but did not persist at median follow-up of 8.8 years
Dissection Risk Up With Larger Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Size
For patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm, inflection point for risk for aortic dissection, composite of aortic dissection, and all-cause death seen at 6.0 cm
Electronic Gaming Can Trigger Cardiac Arrhythmias in Some Children
Electronic games, such as war games, can precipitate lethal cardiac arrhythmias in susceptible children
Wait Times for Pediatric Heart Transplants Longer During Pandemic
Despite longer waiting list times, graft and recipient survival maintained and waiting list mortality unchanged
Endovascular Therapy Aids Outcome of Basilar-Artery Occlusion
Two randomized trials reveal favorable outcomes but procedural complications, more intracranial hemorrhages with endovascular therapy
Thirty-Seven Percent of Adults Used Telemedicine in 2021
Increase in telemedicine use seen with age; use was higher for women than men and for non-Hispanic White and AI/AN adults
ECG Anomalies May Affect Accuracy of Smartwatch A-Fib Diagnosis
Nondiagnostic tracings and false positives seen with smartwatch algorithm detection of AF in those with cardiac anomalies