Blood Pressure, Cholesterol Before Age 55 Years Impact Risk for Heart Disease
Findings based on genetic risk and regardless of later-life levels
Burnout, Lack of Fulfillment Linked to Physician Intention to Leave
Inverse associations with intention to leave seen for increases in supportive leadership behavior, peer support, perceived gratitude
Kidney Dysfunction Linked to Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Prevalence of HFpEF significantly higher in those with mild and moderate kidney dysfunction than normal kidney function
Artificial Intelligence Models Improve Clinicians’ Diagnostic Accuracy
Standard AI models improve predictions, but systematically biased predictions reduce accuracy
Heart Failure Causally Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease
Causal relationship remained robust even after adjusting for the effects of diabetes and hypertension
Guidelines Updated for Use of Antiplatelet Therapy for Atherosclerotic CVD
Guidelines focus on duration of APT after PCI; de-escalation strategies after PCI; DAPT use for patients treated without revascularization
Treatment Initiation With Thiazide Diuretics Increases Hyponatremia Risk
Two-year cumulative incidence of hyponatremia 2.83 percent for bendroflumethiazide, 3.51 percent for hydrochlorothiazide plus RASi
More Senior Physicians See Fewer Underserved Patients
Findings for share of Medicaid patients and minority patients
Blacks More Likely to Have Disseminated Manifestations of Lyme Disease
Black patients have significantly longer median time to appropriate antibiotic treatment than Whites
1999 to 2020 Saw Decrease in Mortality Due to Infective Endocarditis
Age-adjusted mortality rates decreased in overall population, but increased in those aged 25 to 44 years
