what is an inherited cardiovascular disorder
There are many different disorders that involve the heart. Some of these are more likely to run in families than others. Inherited heart diseases are those that run in families and are caused by a change (or mutation) in one gene or in a number of genes. There are many categories of inherited heart diseases including cardiomyopathies, arrhythmias, thoracic aortic…
An analysis of outpatient cardiology patients found there was no association between overall practice volume and performance on quality measures for coronary artery disease, atrial fibrillation or heart failure. However, providers with higher volumes of patients with coronary artery disease and atrial fibrillation had better adherence to those respective performance measures.
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A single-center study has shown that a protocol consisting of a questionnaire, resting electrocardiogram (ECG), and a screening MRI (s-MRI) could be a cost-effective approach to prevent sudden cardiac death (SCD) in young athletes, according to results presented from the S2P Study by Paolo E. Angelini, MD, on March 17 at ACC.17 in Washington, DC
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In the April 2014 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Yang et al1 summarized findings from NHANES from 1988 to 2010 showing that there was relatively little change in the consumption of added sugar in terms of the proportion of total calories consumed. At the beginning of the study period (1988-1994),...
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