By Ahmed El-Medany Presented by Dr. Chiriacò at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions, a prospective study including 349 diabetic participants assessed the long-term…
View More Nocturnal increase in blood pressure associated with increased mortality in diabetics
By Ahmed El-Medany In a case series of 23 male patients, by Montgomery et al (2021), myocarditis was identified within 4 days of administration of…
View More Myocarditis recognised rare adverse association with COVID-19 vaccine
By Ahmed El-Medany A meta-analysis by Huang et al has suggests exposure to short- and long-term air pollution in childhood and adolescence increases the likelihood…
View More Air pollution tied to hypertension in children and adolescents
By Ahmed El-Medany Among atrial fibrillation (AF) patients, inflammatory markers strongly predict heart failure (HF) hospitilisation. Benz et al analysed 3,784 individuals with AF (median…
View More Inflammatory biomarkers linked with heart failure hospitalisation in atrial fibrillation
By Ahmed El-Medany A meta-analysis by Krittanawong et al found no significant difference to long-term risk of death, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and SCAD, and…
View More Medical therapy comparable to intervention in spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)
By Ahmed El-Medany On 23 March, the American College of (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) released the 2021 ACC/AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions…
View More ACC and AHA release key data elements and definitions for heart failure