Publications by authors named "Golsa Babapour"
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- The study investigates the effects of beta-blocker (BB) use after a myocardial infarction (MI) in patients without heart failure or significantly reduced ejection fraction, aiming to clarify mixed findings from past research.
- Analyzing data from 24 studies involving over 290,000 patients, the research found that BB use was linked to an 11% reduction in all-cause mortality, though this result showed moderate to high variability across studies.
- Subgroup analyses indicated that while BBs provided mortality benefits in patients with a one-year event-free period, those benefits diminished over time, especially in individuals with preserved ejection fraction post-2010, where BBs showed no significant mortality reduction
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- Cardiogenic shock (CS) is a severe condition linked to high risks of complications and death, particularly in older adults with frailty and cardiovascular disease, but its connection to non-acute myocardial infarction (non-AMI-CS) is not well understood.
- A study analyzed over 503,000 hospitalizations for non-AMI-CS from 2016 to 2020, categorizing patients as frail or non-frail using a specific frailty risk score.
- Findings revealed that frail patients had significantly higher in-hospital mortality rates and adverse outcomes compared to non-frail patients, highlighting the urgent need for targeted care strategies for this vulnerable group.
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- The study investigates the link between cognitive function and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in older adults, focusing on how different types of CVD and aging affect this relationship.
- An analysis of over 3,100 adults aged 60 and older revealed that those with CVD had significantly lower scores on various cognitive tests compared to those without CVD, indicating impaired cognitive performance.
- Specifically, older adults with congestive heart failure and those aged 80 and above demonstrated the most notable cognitive deficits, especially on the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST).
Inflammation during pregnancy may occur due to various factors. This condition, in which maternal immune system activation occurs, can affect fetal brain development and be related to neurodevelopmental diseases. MIA interacts with the fetus's brain development through maternal antibodies, cytokines, chemokines, and microglial cells.
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