This state-of-the-art review highlights the significance of social determinants of health (SDOH) and their impact on cardiovascular health, care, and outcomes. SDOH encompasses various social conditions such as economic...
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Virtual Care Team Approach Improves Heart Failure Therapy Optimization In Hospitalized Patients
Heart failure guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) optimization is crucial to improve outcomes for patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). However, scalable and safe approaches for GDMT...
Perioperative Corticosteroids In Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
The use of perioperative corticosteroids in pediatric cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is still controversial. To investigate the impact of corticosteroids on postoperative mortality and clinical outcomes, this...
A Randomized-Withdrawal Trial of Rilonacept for Recurrent Pericarditis: Efficacy and Safety Outcomes
Recurrent pericarditis, an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart, has been linked to the cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1). Rilonacept, an IL-1 cytokine trap that can block interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β, was evaluated in...
Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
The study enrolled a total of 10,724 patients with CAD who underwent PCI in 2013. Out of the total cohort, 438 patients had a history of CABG, accounting for 4.1% of the total population. The cohort's mean age was 62.5 years, and...