Publications by authors named "I Pina"
Background: Significant gap remains in the implementation of guideline-directed medical therapy (GDMT) in patients with heart failure after a hospitalization. We aimed to evaluate the use and titration of GDMT at discharge and over a 12-month period after hospital discharge and to identify factors associated with GDMT use and titration.
Methods And Results: The CONNECT-HF (Care Optimization Through Patient and Hospital Engagement Clinical Trial for Heart Failure) trial evaluated the effect of a hospital and postdischarge quality improvement intervention in participants with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.
Background Breast cancer (BC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in females worldwide. Screening with mammography (MMG) is limited in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The implementation of an affordable and effective screening method is crucial.
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- Because of COVID-19, older adults had to switch from in-person dance classes to online ones.
- A study looked at how this change affected their physical activity and mental health after 8 weeks.
- Results showed that while their physical activity didn’t change much, their mental wellbeing improved and they felt more connected to others through online dancing.
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- Hyperkalemia (HK) impacts the effectiveness of renin-angiotensin system (RAS) inhibitors and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRAs) in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF).
- The study analyzed patients with HFrEF and either HK or a history of HK during a run-in phase designed to optimize their RAS inhibitor and MRA doses using patiromer.
- Results showed significant increases in the use of RAS inhibitors and MRAs among patients meeting the optimization criteria, indicating that patiromer helped enhance treatment for those with HK or a history of HK.
The water relation strategy is a key issue in climate change. Given the difficulty of determining water relations strategy, there is a need for simple traits with a solid theoretical basis to estimate it. Traits associated with resource allocation patterns along a 'fast-slow' plant economics spectrum are particularly compelling, reflecting trade-offs between growth rate and carbon allocation.
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