Articles Tagged With: Cardiology
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Report: Still Not Enough Women Included in Cardiovascular Research
To augment the enrollment of women in cardiovascular trials, researchers must build awareness of cardiovascular risk factors and foster trust among women. Try increasing the percentage of women who lead clinical trials, modifying inclusion and exclusion criteria, and advertising the risks and benefits of participation to the general population.
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Is This Ventricular Tachycardia?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from an elderly man with chest pain and shortness of breath. Is the rhythm ventricular tachycardia?
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Women Remain Underrepresented in Cardiology Research
Ageism, lack of diverse leadership among several reasons a prominent committee listed as barriers.
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Researchers Observe No Connections Between Statin Therapy, Cognitive Decline
But randomized trials are needed to better detail long-term risk-benefit ratio. -
AAP Recommends Screening All Children for Heart Problems
Around 2,000 Americans younger than age 25 die each year because of sudden cardiac death. -
Determining the ‘Culprit’ Artery
How would one interpret the ECG in the figure, obtained in the ED from a middle-aged man with new chest pain? -
Cardiovascular Problems Could Affect Cognition Later in Life
Young patients with high blood pressure and obesity were more likely to struggle with memory and thinking skills decades later.
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Modest Improvements in Mortality Rate Disparities in Rural Areas
Black adults living in rural areas in the United States still are more likely to die from diabetes, high blood pressure compared to white adults.
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What Causes Stroke in Young Patients?
A patient might be young, but he or she could be living with serious, unaddressed medical conditions that can lead to disaster.
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Acute Myocardial Infarction, or Related to COVID-19?
The ECG in the figure was obtained from a man in his 30s. How would one interpret this tracing if told the patient’s only symptom was recent shortness of breath on exertion that he had not experienced?