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The reduction in risk of cardiovascular death with empagliflozin is most mediated by changes in hematocrit and hemoglobin

Plasma Volume Changes May Mediate Effects of Empagliflozin

Findings suggest reduced CV mortality risk mediated by effects on markers of plasma volume
For patients post contemporary continuous flow left ventricular assist device implantation

Survival Down With Ventricular Arrhythmia Early Post CF-LVAD

Findings from retrospective review of patients with contemporary continuous flow LVAD implantation
Men and women have different cardiovascular reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia

Gender Differences Seen in Mental Stress-Induced Ischemia

CV reactivity mechanisms for mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia different for men, woman
Switching dual antiplatelet therapy from aspirin plus ticagrelor or prasugrel to aspirin plus clopidogrel after acute coronary syndrome provides benefits regardless of initial platelet reactivity

Switching Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Beneficial After ACS

Greatest benefit seen in patients with low on-treatment platelet reactivity
Intensive blood pressure lowering may similarly decrease cardiovascular events in both patients with and patients without type 2 diabetes mellitus

Intensive BP Goals Reduce Risk of Cardiovascular Events

Benefits similar in patients with and without type 2 diabetes
The TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) Risk Score for Secondary Prevention is an accurate predictor of atherothrombotic disease among patients with type 2 diabetes

Expanded TIMI Risk Score Deemed Practical in Diabetes

Atherothrombotic disease risk assessment based upon 10 readily available clinical variables
High-sensitivity troponin assay can identify patients presenting with suspected acute coronary syndrome at very low risk for 30-day adverse cardiac events

Serial hsTnT Level IDs Risk of 30-Day Adverse Cardiac Event

Serial levels ≤19 ng/L IDs patients presenting with suspected ACS with <1 percent risk of 30-day ACE
The accumulation of total physical activity over the day may be as important as achieving the intensity of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity for improved cardiometabolic health of adults with prediabetes

Moving More May Match Focused Exercise in Prediabetes

Total physical activity was as strongly associated with cardiometabolic risk factors as MVPA
The beneficial cardiopulmonary effects of walking are attenuated when walking in a traffic polluted area

Traffic Pollution Prevents Cardiac Benefits of Walking

Findings for older men and women who are healthy, and those with COPD or ischemic heart disease
Implementation of state newborn screening policies for critical congenital heart disease is associated with a decrease in infant cardiac deaths

State Newborn Screening Policies Cut Infant Cardiac Deaths

Significant drop in infant cardiac deaths between 2007 and 2013 in states with mandatory screening