Novel echocardiographic pixel intensity quantification method for differentiating transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis from light chain cardiac amyloidosis and other phenocopies.

Aims: Differentiating cardiac amyloidosis (CA) subtypes is important considering the significantly different therapies for transthyretin (ATTR)-CA and light chain (AL)-CA. Therefore, an echocardiographic method to distinguish ATTR-CA from AL-CA would provide significant value. We assessed a novel echocardiographic pixel intensity method to quantify myocardial calcification to differentiate ATTR-CA from phenocopies of CA and from AL-CA, specifically.

Augmented Intelligence to Identify Patients With Advanced Heart Failure in an Integrated Health System.

Background: Timely referral for specialist evaluation in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) is a Class 1 recommendation. However, the transition from stage C HF to advanced or stage D HF often goes undetected in routine care, resulting in delayed referral and higher mortality rates.

Objectives: The authors sought to develop an augmented intelligence-enabled workflow using machine learning to identify patients with stage D HF and streamline referral.

Comparative effectiveness of home blood pressure telemonitoring (HBPTM) plus nurse case management versus HBPTM alone among Black and Hispanic stroke survivors: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

Background: Black and Hispanic stroke survivors experience higher rates of recurrent stroke than whites. This disparity is partly explained by disproportionately higher rates of uncontrolled hypertension in these populations. Home blood pressure telemonitoring (HBPTM) and nurse case management (NCM) have proven efficacy in addressing the multilevel barriers to blood pressure (BP) control and reducing BP.

Food insecurity and effectiveness of behavioral interventions to reduce blood pressure, New York City, 2012-2013.

Introduction: Food insecurity is associated with diet-sensitive diseases and may be a barrier to successful chronic disease self-management. To evaluate the impact of food insecurity on blood pressure reduction in a pilot clinical trial, we tested the effectiveness of 2 behavioral interventions for hypertension in people with and without food security.

Methods: A group of 28 men and women with type 2 diabetes and uncontrolled hypertension were randomized to either 1) home blood pressure telemonitoring alone or 2) home blood pressure telemonitoring plus telephone-based nurse case management.