Water Pipe Tobacco Smoking Addictive, Harmful to the Heart
Water pipe tobacco smokers are exposed to level of nicotine that is physiologically active in short term
GDM Linked to Increased Cardiovascular Event Risk Postpartum
In analysis restricted to women who did not develop T2DM, GDM still linked to increased risk
ACC: Photoplethysmography Signal Can Detect Diabetes
AUC 0.722 for predicting prevalent diabetes in test dataset; negative predictive value 97 percent
Becoming Active in Middle Age Still Offers Health Benefits
Lower risk for all-cause, cardiovascular, cancer-related mortality similar to people active throughout adulthood
High-Quality, Plant-Based Diet Tied to Lower Risk for CVD Mortality
No association seen for quality of plant-based diet and cancer-related deaths
Endogenous Testosterone Linked to Cardiovascular Disease
Genetically predicted endogenous testosterone may have role in thromboembolism, heart failure, MI
ACC: Long-Term Outcomes for MI Similar at ≤40, 40 to 50
Patients aged 40 years or younger have increased rates of substance abuse compared with older patients
Electronic Order Set May Reduce Inappropriate ECG Monitoring
Findings observed among hospitalized patients not in an intensive care unit
Preoperative Frailty Linked to Surgical Outcomes, Costs
Incidence of major morbidity, readmission, mortality correlated with frailty classification
2011 to 2015 Saw Drop in Delayed Discharge Rates After TAVR
Rates of discharge decreased beyond 72 hours after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
