Dealing Together: Fighting Heart Disease and Obesity Simultaneously

Published Date: 14 Mar 2023

"You can't treat one of these conditions and ignore the others," says the author of the new review, explaining how obesity can affect the diagnosis and treatment of these heart conditions.

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Losing muscle mass is not the same as losing muscle strength and function, clinicians say.

Targeting systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg is achievable in most patients with hypertension and a high cardiovascular risk, including those with long-standing uncontrolled blood pressure.

STEMI patients without cardiogenic shock treated with a microaxial flow pump and a 30-minute delay in PCI have no less heart muscle damage than those who undergo immediate revascularization.

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Low-dose aspirin initiated at diagnosis of giant cell arteritis is linked to a reduced probability of major adverse cardiovascular events at 1 year but also to an increased risk for major hemorrhage.

Early use of hydroxychloroquine in adults with isolated discoid lupus is linked to lower 5-year rates of hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, and stroke, a study shows.

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