Publications by authors named "Aubrey J Grant"
Article Synopsis
- Some people in the U.S., especially non-Hispanic African Americans, face serious health problems because they don’t get the same quality of heart care as others.
- A report from 2002 showed that there are still big health differences between different racial and ethnic groups, so it's important to understand why that happens.
- The American College of Cardiology is working on making heart care fair for everyone by focusing on education, partnerships, diverse clinical trials, and better policies, aiming to improve health for all patients.
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- The text highlights the existing racial disparities in cardiovascular health, particularly sudden cardiac death (SCD) among competitive athletes, emphasizing the need to understand the influence of social determinants of health and structural racism on these disparities.* -
- It advocates for a paradigm shift in sports cardiology that focuses on three principles: race-conscious awareness, clinical inclusivity, and research-driven refinement, suggesting a move away from race-based assumptions towards personalized and equitable health care.* -
- The conclusion stresses the importance of recognizing structural racism and social determinants of health in understanding and addressing health outcome disparities, proposing that a race-conscious framework could improve the quality of cardiovascular care for diverse athletes.*
ECG findings in professional rugby players using international screening recommendations.
BMJ Open Sport Exerc Med
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- World Rugby requires ECGs for players entering international competitions, but they are not mandatory for all players; this study aimed to establish ECG norms for male and female rugby players.
- Researchers analyzed the ECGs of 356 professional rugby players, focusing on differences by sex and playing position, using guidelines from 2017 to categorize findings.
- Results showed that 84% of players had normal ECGs, with a higher percentage in males (91%) compared to females (60%), and only a small fraction (2.2%) had positive ECGs, indicating the potential feasibility of ECG screenings in rugby.
The use of consumer wearable devices (CWDs) to track health and fitness has rapidly expanded over recent years because of advances in technology. The general population now has the capability to continuously track vital signs, exercise output, and advanced health metrics. Although understanding of basic health metrics may be intuitive (eg, peak heart rate), more complex metrics are derived from proprietary algorithms, differ among device manufacturers, and may not historically be common in clinical practice (eg, peak V˙O, exercise recovery scores).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRationale: Circulating progenitor cells (CPCs) mobilize in response to ischemic injury, but their predictive value remains unknown in acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Objective: We aimed to investigate the number of CPCs in ACS compared with those with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), relationship between bone marrow PCs and CPCs, and whether CPC counts predict mortality in patients with ACS.
Methods And Results: In 2028 patients, 346 had unstable angina, 183 had an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), and the remaining 1499 patients had stable CAD.