Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Former National Football League Players.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, but prevalence estimates in former professional athletes are limited.

Objectives: HUDDLE (Heart Health: Understanding and Diagnosing Disease by Leveraging Echocardiograms) aimed to raise awareness and estimate the prevalence of CVD and associated risk factors among members of the National Football League (NFL) Alumni Association and their families through education and screening events.

Methods: HUDDLE was a multicity, cross-sectional study of NFL alumni and family members aged 50 years and older.

Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.

Background: There are scant data on long-term clinical outcomes and bioprosthetic-valve function after transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) as compared with surgical aortic-valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis and intermediate surgical risk.

Methods: We enrolled 2032 intermediate-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis at 57 centers. Patients were stratified according to intended transfemoral or transthoracic access (76.

Effectiveness of telehealth on correctional facility health care: a systematic review protocol.

The objective of this review is to identify the effectiveness of telehealth in improving correctional facility health care. The outcomes of the review will include the primary outcomes of access to health care and costs associated with health care and the secondary outcome of virologic suppression.Specifically, the review question is: What is the effect of telehealth compared to usual care on improving correctional facility health care and decreasing costs in correctional facility health care?

Development of the Trevo ProVue Retriever for intracranial clot removal in acute ischemic stroke.

It is estimated that 15 million people worldwide have a stroke each year. Of the estimated 795,000 strokes that occur in the United States annually, the majority are ischemic strokes resulting from an obstruction within a vessel supplying blood to the brain. The treatment goal for these patients is to restore blood flow as quickly as possible.