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New ESC 2023 Cardiomyopathy guidelines: Truths trail by 17 years!
It was 2006 Allow me to recount an unassuming piece of a PowerPoint presentation from my institute, Madras Medical College, at the annual Cardiological Society meeting in New Delhi. The paper was categorized under miscellaneous sessions. I vividly remember the day. I have to admit, It was a nearly empty hall E, located in the basement of Hotel Ashoka. After the talk, I looked up to find that neither the chairman nor the handful of kind academic souls had any questions or comments to make. Pausing for a few moments, I quietly walked down the podium with an inexplicable silent pain. The title of the presentation was &#...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - August 27, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: cardiomyopathy Dilated cardiomyopathy hypertrophic cardiomyopathy ischemic cardiomyopathy Uncategorized drsvenkatesan ESC 2023 new cardiomyopathy guideline ndlvc non dilated cardiomyopathy Source Type: blogs

Best Blood Pressure Monitors For Apple Health
In conclusion, Apple Health and compatible blood pressure monitors represent the synergy between technology and healthcare, redefining health management’s future. This amalgamation fosters a detailed and proactive perspective toward personal health, emphasizing the need for maintaining awareness and making educated health choices. As technological advancements persist, our capacity to control and comprehend our health will likewise expand, heralding a new age of customized healthcare. Reference Central-acting agents – Drugs.com. (n.d.). Retrieved July 24, 2023, from https://www.drugs.com/mca/central-ac...
Source: The EMT Spot - August 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Monitors Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, July 17th 2023
In conclusion, the longevity-associated genotype of FLT1 may confer increased lifespan by protecting against mortality risk posed by hypertension. We suggest that FLT1 expression in individuals with longevity genotype boosts vascular endothelial resilience mechanisms to counteract hypertension-related stress in vital organs and tissues. Resistance Exercise Slows the Onset of Pathology in a Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/07/resistance-exercise-slows-the-onset-of-pathology-in-a-mouse-model-of-alzheimers-disease/ With the caveat that mouse models of Alzheimer's...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

Reviewing Efforts to Use Cells and Scaffolds to Regenerate the Heart
The heart is one of the least regenerative tissues in the body. Damage resulting from loss of blood flow during a heart attack leads to scarring and loss of function, rather than any meaningful degree of regeneration. While preventing the atherosclerosis that causes occlusion of blood vessels is the most desirable goal, finding ways to repair a damaged heart is also a high priority for the research community. Many groups have worked towards regenerative therapies based on delivery of cells and scaffolding material, even layers of artificial tissue made by combining the two, but progress has been frustratingly slow. ...
Source: Fight Aging! - July 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Poor Long Term Outcome With Subsequent Pregnancies After Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
This study was from a single centre where mortality in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy was higher than in other studies from the United Studies. Most of the patients were African American and of low socioeconomic status. Earlier studies have clearly demonstrated a different phenotypic presentation and outcome in African American women with peripartum cardiomyopathy compared to non-African American women. African American women had been shown to be diagnosed later, present lower LVEF, larger LV volume and more severe heart failure symptoms. The rate of recovery was lower and time for recovery markedly longer in that pa...
Source: Cardiophile MD - June 28, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

8 Risk Factors Of Low Blood Pressure
Conclusion In a nutshell, understanding the risk factors associated with low blood pressure is essential for maintaining good health. Individuals with certain risk factors, such as age, medication usage, underlying medical conditions, dehydration, prolonged bed rest, nutritional deficiencies, pregnancy, and inherited factors, should be particularly aware of the potential for low blood pressure. Regular monitoring of blood pressure, communication with healthcare providers, and appropriate management strategies are important for individuals with these risk factors to ensure their well-being. Furthermore, diet pla...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 23, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs

Wearable Ultrasound for Deep Tissue Monitoring
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a wearable ultrasound system that can monitor deep tissues, as far as 16.5 cm (6.5 inches) below the surface of the body. Moreover, the team employed a machine learning algorithm to r...
Source: Medgadget - June 6, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Radiology UCSD ucsdnews Source Type: blogs

COAPT Trial of Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair in Patients with Heart Failure
Patients with heart failure and left ventricular dilatation may have secondary or functional mitral regurgitation. This is due to alteration of the left ventricular geometry producing changes in the functioning of papillary muscles and chordae tendineae and poor coaptation of the mitral leaflets. Secondary mitral regurgitation causes volume overloading of the left ventricle and is associated with reduced survival, increased hospitalization rates and decreased quality of life [1, 2]. Secondary mitral regurgitation can be reduced by guideline directed medical therapy and cardiac resynchronization therapy. This will also pro...
Source: Cardiophile MD - June 5, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Structural Heart Disease Interventions Source Type: blogs

Myocardial Insulin Resistance
Myocardial insulin resistance is said to occur in about 60% of patients with type 2 diabestes mellitus and is associated with higher cardiovascular risk compared to those with insulin sensitive myocardium [1]. It is  known that systemic insulin resistance is an independent risk factor for heart failure and cardiovascular death [2]. Myocardial insulin resistance occuring along with systemic insulin resistance is characterized by ineffecient energy metabolism and contributes to post ischemic heart failure. Myocardial insulin resistance can also be caused by myocardial hypertrophy, independent of systemic insulin resist...
Source: Cardiophile MD - June 3, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

A young lady with wide complex tachycardia. My first time actually making this diagnosis de novo in real life in the ED!
 Written by Pendell MeyersA woman in her 30s with minimal past medical history presented simply stating she was " feeling unwell. " Her symptoms started suddenly about 48 hours ago, but had continued to worsen, including epigastric discomfort, nausea, cough, and dyspnea and lightheadedness on exertion. She denied chest pain and denied feeling any palpitations, even during her triage ECG:What do you think?Despite otherwise normal vital signs, she was appropriately triaged to the critical care area of the ED.She was awake, alert, well perfused, with normal mental status and overall unremarkable physical exam except for ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - June 3, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs

ChatGPT Misses the Mark in Healthcare – What It Needs to Succeed
The following is a guest article by Michael Blum, MD, Cardiologist, Co-founder and CEO at BeeKeeperAI and Former Chief Medical Information Officer at UCSF Medical Center The advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT3 (GPT3) Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot sparked an unprecedented societal appreciation for the power of AI. While AI has been broadly deployed across industries for a decade, it remained mostly hidden from the typical user. The release of GPT3 in late 2022 changed all of that.  Suddenly, a user with minimal computer literacy and no programming or data science training whatsoever could ask an AI-based applicati...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy AI Hallucination BeeKeeperAI Chatbots ChatGPT ChatGPT4 Cyber Risks Generative AI Source Type: blogs

Clinical Examination of Cardiovascular System For Medical Students
Discussion on blood pressure is not included here as a separate topic is dedicated to it. Though the most commonly examined pulse is the radial, to check some of the characteristics, a more proximal pulse like the brachial or carotid needs to be examined. Following parameters of the pulse are routinely documented: 1. The rate: Normal rate in adult is 60-100 per minute. It is higher in children. Younger the child, higher the pulse rate. Rhythm: Regular and irregular rhythms are possible. Mild variation with respiration is called respiratory sinus arrhythmia, with higher rate in inspiration. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia may...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 30, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

How RPM Can Reduce AI ’s Bias Problem & Improve Health Equity
The following is a guest article by Arnaud Rosier, PhD, Founder and CEO at Implicity Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most promising breakthrough technologies of the modern healthcare era, yet it also has the potential to be one of the most dangerous. AI algorithms that are trained on limited or poorly representative data sets can exhibit signs of bias in their results, skewing decision-making and possibly leading to ethnic, gender, and social discrimination and other unintentional consequences for the patients they serve. Unfortunately, research shows that bias is already creeping into the nascent field of AI an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Academic Medical Center Ai Algorithm AI bias AMC Arnaud Rosier PhD Artificial Intelligence Dr. Arnaud Rosier HCP Source Type: blogs

What is Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy?
Mitochondria have two genomes – mitochondrial and nuclear. Mitochondrial disease could be due to mutations of nuclear or mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited maternally while nuclear DNA has Mendelian inheritance, which could be dominant or recessive [1]. It may be noted in about one in 5000 live births. Cardiac involvement in mitochondrial disease seldom occurs in isolation and is often part of multiorgan dysfunction [2]. Mitochondria being part of the cellular respiratory chain, tissues with high energy requirements like heart, muscle, kidneys and endocrine system are often involved in mitochondrial d...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs

Myocarditis update from Sweden
BY ANISH KOKA The COVID19/vaccine myocarditis debate continues in large part because our public health institutions are grossly mischaracterizing the risks and benefits of vaccines to young people. A snapshot of what the establishment says as it relates to the particular area of concern: college vaccine mandates: Dr. Arthur Reingold, an epidemiology professor at UC-Berkeley, notes that UC also requires immunizations for measles and chickenpox, and people still are dying from COVID at rates that exceed those for influenza. As of Feb. 1, there were more than 400 COVID deaths a day across the U.S. “The arg...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Anish Koka covid19 myocarditis Sweden Source Type: blogs