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Practice Management Can Improve Efficiency
Suggestions include doing a financial analysis, using scribes, renegotiating insurance contracts
Prehabilitation May Improve Post Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
3-pronged approach targets nutritional status, exercise capacity, and worry reduction
Genetic Risk, Lifestyle Predict CVD, Diabetes Independently
No interactions seen for any outcome; log-additive effect on risk of developing cardiovascular disease
Midlife Fitness Linked to Lower Risk of Depression, CVD Death
Reduction also seen in CVD mortality with antecedent depression in association with high fitness level
Variation in Quality of Trials for Atrial Fibrillation, Flutter
Most common trial endpoint is AF/AFL recurrence; rates of primary clinical endpoints are low
Health Care Technology Impacts Younger Patient Satisfaction
Younger health care consumers are dissatisfied with technology capability of health care organizations
Clotting Time in Transfemoral PCI Linked to Bleeding Risk
More major bleeding seen at maximal activated clotting time greater than 290 seconds
Sleep Disruption Increases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
Higher risk seen across multiple cohorts, regardless of obstructive sleep apnea and other possible factors
Most Bleeding Events in Non-CVD Patients Are GI-Related
In cohort with no CVD, not receiving antiplatelet therapy, 7 percent of bleeding events were fatal
Binge Drinking Linked to Increased Systolic BP in Men
And relative risk for hypertension up with any drinking among men without hypertension
