37 results match your criteria: "UQ-School of Medicine[Affiliation]"

Cardiovascular statistics 2024.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

August 2024

Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School - The UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address:

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  • Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is a key indicator of overall health and a strong predictor of survival, particularly concerning cardiovascular diseases (CVD), outperforming traditional risk factors.
  • The manuscript explores various methods for measuring CRF, especially the gold standard of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and other alternative assessments that provide crucial prognostic data for health outcomes.
  • To enhance health and longevity globally, it's essential to encourage physical activity and integrate routine CRF evaluations into standard clinical practices.
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Type of Alcohol and Blood Pressure: The Copenhagen General Population Study.

Am J Med

September 2024

The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Denmark; The Copenhagen General Population Study, Copenhagen University Hospital - Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark.

Background: Most adults ingest alcoholic beverages. Alcohol shows strong and positive associations with blood pressure (BP). We hypothesized that intake of red wine, white wine, beer, and spirits and dessert wine show similar associations with BP in the general population.

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New approaches to triglyceride reduction: Is there any hope left?

Am J Prev Cardiol

June 2024

Cardiology Division, Montefiore-Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.

Triglycerides play a crucial role in the efficient storage of energy in the body. Mild and moderate hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is a heterogeneous disorder with significant association with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), including myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, and peripheral artery disease and represents an important component of the residual ASCVD risk in statin treated patients despite optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol reduction. Individuals with severe HTG (>1,000 mg/dL) rarely develop atherosclerosis but have an incremental incidence of acute pancreatitis with significant morbidity and mortality.

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Introduction to assorted topics II 2023.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

December 2023

Medicine, Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School -the UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address:

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Statins are among the most commonly prescribed medications worldwide. Statin-associated muscle symptoms (SAMS) represent a frequent statin-related adverse effect associated with statin discontinuation and increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) events. Emerging evidence indicate that the majority of SAMS might not be actually caused by statins, and the nocebo/drucebo effect (i.

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Cardiovascular statistics 2023.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

November 2023

Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School - The UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address:

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Introduction - Assorted topics 2023.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

November 2023

Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School -the UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA. Electronic address:

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Cardiology and lifestyle medicine.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

May 2023

Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-the UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States of America.

Poor lifestyle habits, such as physical inactivity and poor diets, are highly prevalent within society and even more so among patients with chronic disease. The need to stem poor lifestyle habits has led to the development of a new field of Lifestyle Medicine, whose mission is to prevent, treat, and even reverse chronic diseases through lifestyle interventions. Three fields within Cardiology relate to this mission: Cardiac Rehabilitation, Preventive Cardiology, and Behavioral Cardiology.

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Assessment of lifestyle-related risk factors enhances the effectiveness of cardiac stress testing.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

May 2023

Departments of Imaging and Medicine, Burns and Allen Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States of America.

Cardiac stress tests have been widely utilized since the 1960s for the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD). Clinical risk is primarily based on assessing the presence and magnitude of inducible myocardial ischemia. However, the primary factors driving mortality risk have changed over recent decades.

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A decade as editor-in-chief of progress in cardiovascular diseases.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

March 2023

Medical Director Cardiac Rehabilitation and Preventive Cardiology, Exercise Laboratories, Ochsner Clinical School - The UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA.

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Making the Case to Measure and Improve Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Routine Clinical Practice.

Mayo Clin Proc

June 2022

Fisher Institute of Health and Well Being, Ball State University, Muncie, IN; Healthy Living for Pandemic Event Protection (HL-PIVOT).

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There is ambiguity about the clinical picture and concept of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. Relevant literature was extracted from various search engines, analyzed, and interpreted. Available literature suggests a significant prevalence of ADHD in the adult population affecting the quality of socio-occupational functioning.

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Emerging topics in electrophysiology.

Prog Cardiovasc Dis

August 2021

Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA.

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Objective: To determine the interrelationship between body mass index (BMI), mode of stress testing (exercise or pharmacological), exercise capacity, and all-cause mortality in patients referred for stress-rest single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging.

Patients And Methods: We evaluated all-cause mortality in 21,638 patients undergoing stress-rest single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging between January 2, 1991, and December 31, 2012. Patients were divided into exercise and pharmacologically tested groups and 9 BMI categories.

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Background: Balloon valvuloplasty and surgical aortic valvotomy have been the treatment mainstays for congenital aortic stenosis in children. Choice of intervention often differs depending upon centre bias with limited relevant, comparative literature.

Objectives: This study aims to provide an unbiased, contemporary matched comparison of these balloon and surgical approaches.

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Cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially ischemic heart disease and stroke, is the major cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than one-third of all deaths annually. Hypertension is the most prevalent and modifiable risk factor of CVD-related deaths. The same is true for obesity, which is currently being recognized as a major global epidemic.

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Periodontal Inflammation and the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease.

Curr Atheroscler Rep

June 2020

Department of Cardiology, John Ochsner Heart and Vascular Institute, Ochsner Clinical School-UQ School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 20814, USA.

Article Synopsis
  • - The review discusses the link between periodontal inflammation and oral bacteria in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, emphasizing that this relationship is still being explored.
  • - While a connection between periodontal disease and cardiovascular issues is recognized, causal relationships haven't been definitively proven, and untreated gingivitis can escalate to more severe forms.
  • - Improving oral health if there's periodontal disease may help reduce overall body inflammation and potentially prevent cardiovascular diseases, though more research is necessary to confirm these effects.
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As the focus of clinicians and government shifts from speciality-based care to system-based key performance indicators such as the National Emergency Access Target (NEAT) or the 4-h rule, integration between emergency department (ED) and inpatient clinical workflows and information systems is becoming increasingly necessary. Such system measures drive the implementation of integrated electronic medical records (ieMR) to digitally integrate these workflows. The objective of this case study was to describe the impact of digital transformation of the ED-in-patient interface (EDii) of a large tertiary hospital on process measures and clinical outcomes for patients requiring emergency admission to hospital.

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Objectives: This study aims to assess the performance of tissue-engineered bovine pericardium (CardioCel®) at 24 months and beyond when used for the repair of congenital heart defects.

Methods: Between October 2012 and November 2014, CardioCel was implanted in 135 patients (140 procedures and 195 implants). Applications included the closure of septal defects (98, 50.

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Medicinal and food plants as well as their bioactive fractions have been used by diverse human cultures since ancient times. These plants provide multiple health benefits because of the presence of a plethora of phytochemicals including phenylpropanoids, isoprenoids, alkaloids, sulphated compounds, peptides and polysaccharides that are responsible for various biological activities such as anticancer, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, anti-dysenteric, anti-inflammatory, antiulcer, anti-hypertensive and anticoagulant properties. The genus Rumex includes edible and medicinal herbs belonging to buckwheat (Polygonaceae) family, consisting of about 200 species rich in phenylpropanoids and anthraquinones.

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Personalized exercise dose prescription.

Eur Heart J

July 2018

Mount Sinai Heart, 1190 Fifth Avenue, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, GP-1W, Box 1030, New York, NY, USA.

Physical activity (PA) is associated with increased longevity and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, however, the majority of the general population is still sedentary. In order to maximize the health benefits of PA, health care practitioners should be familiarized with the appropriate dose of exercise for each healthy individual, depending on their habitual PA and relative fitness. The aim of this review is to quantitatively describe the lowest and the highest level of exercise that has health benefits, and what should hypothetically be considered 'the sweet spot'.

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Antioxidants Potential of the Filamentous Fungi (Mucor circinelloides).

Nutrients

October 2017

Colin Ratledge Center for Microbial Lipids, School of Agriculture Engineering and Food Science, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo 255049, China.

Three important strains of grown in complete and minimal media for specified period (72 h, 120 h and 168 h) under submerged fermentation conditions were investigated for their potential antioxidants/secondary metabolite production. All mycelial extracts demonstrated effective antioxidant activities in terms of β-carotene/linoleic acid bleaching, radical scavenging, reduction of metal ions and chelating abilities against ferrous ions. Different extraction methods and solvent systems affected the recovery yield and antioxidant activities of the extracts significantly ( ≤ 0.

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Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio dynamics during concurrent chemo-radiotherapy for glioblastoma is an independent predictor for overall survival.

J Neurooncol

May 2017

Department of Radiation Oncology, University Health Network-Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, 610 University Ave., Toronto, ON, M5G 2M9, Canada.

Elevated neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) may predict worse outcomes in cancer, including glioblastoma (GBM). This study assessed whether change in NLR during focal radiotherapy and concomitant temozolomide (RT-TMZ) provides further prognostic information. This was a retrospective review of patients treated with RT-TMZ for histologically confirmed GBM from January 2004 to September 2010.

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