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Higher Blood Pressure Correlates with Higher Healthcare Costs
Risk factors associated with age-related disease and mortality tend to also associate with higher medical costs. Obesity, for example, both shortens life span and increases lifetime medical costs thanks to the impact it has on health. High blood pressure, the condition known as hypertension, is another measure that reliably predicts a higher risk of mortality and poor health in later life. Here researchers run the numbers to show that it also results in higher medical costs, much as expected.
Hypertension isn't too far removed from the root causes of aging. High blood pressure is a direct result of arterial stiffeni...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 1, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
As CABANA waves a final good bye to catheters in AF . . . let the pulmonary veins rejoice !
There is a tough ongoing rivalry between drugs and catheters to conquer the commonest electrical chaos in human heart, namely Atrial fibrillation (AF). Mind you,the confusion about the importance of this arrhythmia is huge and real.Bulk of these episodes are transient , paroxysmal and do not require rigorous management.While stroke prevention seems to be the major aim and target , the real world scenario seems to tell a different story.
The nomenclature conundrum
AF may be classified as many ways a learned cardiologists can think . Often it’s done with reference to etiology, duration , rate, neural (sympathetic o...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - May 31, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized ACC AHA ESC guidelines for AF affirm race cabana amiodarone for atrial fibrillation CABANA trial carto pulmonary vein ablations cryo balloon for af ablation heart rhythm society atrial fibrillation guidelines rate vs rhythm c Source Type: blogs
IQcool Warm System FDA Cleared to Cool and Rewarm Patients
BrainCool, a Swedish company, obtained FDA clearance for its IQool Warm System. The device, the name of which seems to be intended to be an oxymoron, can be used to both cool and reheat patients. The company’s first FDA cleared product, the IQo...
Source: Medgadget - May 29, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Anesthesiology Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Critical Care Emergency Medicine Neurology Neurosurgery Source Type: blogs
Antiphospholipid Syndrome
Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) important in vascular medicine as well as obstetrics. In obstetrics, it is important because it can cause fetal loss, intrauterine growth retardation and severe preeclampsia. In vascular medicine it is important because it can cause thrombotic events which could be arterial, venous or microvascular [1]. It can also be accompanied by moderate thrombocytopenia [2]. Thrombotic events involving multiple organs may be termed catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome [3].
APS is an autoimmune disease with antibodies directed against beta2 glycoprotein I. This leads to suppression of tissue factor p...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: General Cardiology anti beta2 glycoprotein I antibodies anti cardiolipin antibodies lupus anticoagulant Source Type: blogs
Heart disease in pregnancy: Risk stratification
It is needless to say that heart disease in pregnancy is a challenge for the obstetrician and the cardiologist. Hemodynamic changes in pregnancy and labour can adversely affect many of the significant cardiac lesions. Increase in blood volume and heart rate are the important factors during pregnancy. In general stenotic lesions and pulmonary hypertension are poorly tolerated, while regurgitant lesions are better tolerated. Specific risks like aortic dissection and rupture are there for coarctation of aorta. Several risk stratification schemes have been developed for assessing the risk of pregnancy with heart disease over ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 27, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: General Cardiology CARPREG II risk scoring CARPREG risk stratification mWHO classification ZAHARA risk score Source Type: blogs
Prosthetic valve thrombosis with stroke – Cardiology MCQ – Answer
Treatment for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke:
Correct answer: c) Surgery
Surgery is the best option for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke as thrombolysis is contraindicated. Thrombolysis is the best option for right sided prosthetic valve thrombosis. For very small left sided thrombi (less than 5 mm) intravenous heparin may be enough. Prosthetic valve thrombolysis carries the risk of thromboembolism including disabling stroke.
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 25, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Prosthetic valve thrombosis with stroke – Cardiology MCQ
Treatment for prosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with stroke:
a) Intravenous heparin
b) Thrombolysis
c) Surgery
d) Warfarin
Please post your answer as a comment below. Correct answer will be published on: May 25, 2018 @ 07:40
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Source: Cardiophile MD - May 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Modified Rankin Score (mRS) – Cardiology MCQ – Answer
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Modified Rankin Score (mRS) of 5 after recovery from a cardiac arrest would indicate:
Correct answer: d) Severe disability
The score range for 0 with no symptoms to 6 which would mean mortality. In between there is 1 with no significant disability and 2 with slight disability. Moderate disability requiring some help is 3 and 4 is moderately severe disability in which the person is not able to walk or attend to bodily needs without help.
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Rankin J. Cerebral vascu...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 18, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Arrhythmia in HCM – Cardiology MCQ – Answer
Commonest sustained arrhythmia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy:
Correct answer: d) Atrial fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF) can occur in about 1/5th of cases of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Factors predisposing to AF in HCM are left atrial pressure and size due to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and mitral regurgitation. About one fourth of them may develop embolic episodes and stroke. It has been suggested that those with left atrial diameter of 45 mm or more should undergo 48 hour Holter once or twice a year to look for AF. Anticoagulation is recommended in tho...
Source: Cardiophile MD - April 28, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Prof. Dr. Johnson Francis, MD, DM, FACC, FRCP Edin, FRCP London Tags: Cardiology MCQ DM / DNB Cardiology Entrance Source Type: blogs
Cholesterol: Understanding HDL vs. LDL
There are two main types of cholesterol: high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL). (Lipoproteins are made of fat and protein, and serve as vehicles for your cholesterol to travel through the blood.) Cardiologists are often asked about low-density lipoprotein (LDL) versus high-density lipoprotein (HDL). The difference is important to understand.
What does HDL cholesterol do?
HDL clears from the body via the liver. HDL may therefore prevent the buildup of plaque, protect your arteries, and protect you from atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. It is considered the “good” cholesterol, and higher...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ami Bhatt, MD, FACC Tags: Health Heart Health Prevention Source Type: blogs
GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder Approved by FDA for PFO Closure
The FDA has approved the GORE CARDIOFORM Septal Occluder for patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure procedures that have shown to reduce the chance of stroke in some patients. The CARDIOFORM is already being used in the U.S. for closing of atrial septal ...
Source: Medgadget - April 6, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
Splitting hairs with hypertension
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Intrigued by many things in my first few days in the U.S., what perplexed me the most was that there seemed to be a DaVita Dialysis wherever I went; in malls, in the mainstreet of West Philadelphia, near high rises and near lower rises. I felt that I was being ominously followed by nephrologists. How on earth could providers of renal replacement therapy have a similar spatial distribution as McDonalds?
After reading Friedrich Hayek’s essay, Use of Knowledge in Society, I realized why. In stead of building a multiplex for dialysis, which has shops selling pulmonary edema-inducing fried chicken, D...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 4, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: at RogueRad Tags: OP-ED Patients Value-Based Care Source Type: blogs
The Barbershop Study: How an Unorthodox Study on Black Men ’ s Health Brought Down the House
This study essentially shows that a health care system that moves itself into barbershops is effective in one third of men found to have poorly controlled blood pressure. I’m also fairly sure a pharmacist in my living room will improve my lipid profile. And it bears repeating, that despite this herculean effort, two-thirds of black men chose not to connect with a healthcare system that was in their barbershop. You can go ahead and put money on the odds that Harry White remains out of reach – its one you’ll win 66% of the time. I’ll also point out the study duration was six months – Harry had sho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Barbershop Study: How an Unorthodox Study on Black Men ’ s Health Brought Down the House and Where It Went Wrong
This study essentially shows that a health care system that moves itself into barbershops is effective in one third of men found to have poorly controlled blood pressure. I’m also fairly sure a pharmacist in my living room will improve my lipid profile. And it bears repeating, that despite this herculean effort, two-thirds of black men chose not to connect with a healthcare system that was in their barbershop. You can go ahead and put money on the odds that Harry White remains out of reach – its one you’ll win 66% of the time. I’ll also point out the study duration was six months – Harry had sho...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
An Exclusive with Christine Storm of Philips on FocusPoint and Tele-ICU Innovations
In February 2018, Philips announced the debut of FocusPoint, a network application management system to help improve biomedical and IT department productivity.
Depending on the size of a health system, there can be hundreds to thousands of medical de...
Source: Medgadget - March 21, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Cardiology Critical Care Exclusive Medicine Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
