Elevated FGF-23 associated with recurrent cardiovascular events after acute coronary syndrome
1. Elevated FGF-23 concentration was associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular (CV) outcomes, including CV death and heart failure...
Hemodynamic markers of pulmonary hypertension in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction are associated with mortality
1. Pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF) is common in patients undergoing a right heart...
Collaborative care intervention does not improve health in chronic heart failure, but alleviates depression and fatigue
1. Collaborative Care to Alleviate Symptoms and Adjust to Illness (CASA), a collaborative care intervention combining symptom and psychosocial care,...
Breast cancer screening using MRI versus mammography associated with more biopsies but lower cancer yield
1. In women both with and without personal history of breast cancer (PHBC), screening MRI was associated with higher biopsy...
ICD placement in CKD patients increases hospitalizations without survival benefit
1. Adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and heart failure with reduced LVEF who received implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) did...
Low prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients with syncope
1. Based on this retrospective cohort study from multiple countries, the prevalence of pulmonary embolism among patients presenting to the...
School-based telemedicine enhances asthma management in children
1. A school-based telemedicine program with directly observed preventive therapy, when compared to enhanced usual care, led to more symptom-free...
Noncigarette tobacco product use is associated with future cigarette smoking
1. Never-cigarette-smoking youths who initiated tobacco use with noncigarette products including e-cigarettes, hookahs, noncigarette combustible tobacco, or smokeless tobacco were...
Regional variation in CT imaging is associated with nephrectomy risk
1. Regional variation in cumulative risk of an individual having a chest or abdominal CT in the United States was...
Kidney failure risk equation (KFRE) discriminates risk in children with chronic kidney disease
1. The kidney failure risk equation (KFRE), currently used in adults to estimate risk for progression to end-stage renal disease...