My friends #hrs2024 if you are “amazed” when patients w LAA occlusion have a stroke then you fail stroke epidemiology 101
The population attributable risk of AF for ischemic stroke is less than 20%
Meaning if you eliminated all AF, you’d only reduce ischemic stroke by a little
Among older adults with atrial fibrillation receiving apixaban or rivaroxaban, treatment with diltiazem was associated with increased risk of serious bleeding compared with metoprolol. https://t.co/9WMaCm7IPV
If my ejection fraction recovers can I stop my meds?
Within 6 months, relapse occurred in 44% of patients with recovered EF who had their meds withdrawn
https://t.co/vOG4XADT8N
But see also from Denmark - Morten Schou's group: 'Age-specific mortality trends in heart failure over 25 years: a retrospective Danish nationwide cohort study' https://t.co/rsR0MicmKd
@drjohnm Racism, poor access to care, more expensive drugs, greater obesity, and Covid vaccine resistance are all differences in life in the US and Denmark. Life in the US makes many of us less healthy than they could be elsewhere.
@drjohnm@PBasiukiewicz Comparing the Lancet paper to the CDC data is really troubling. Blacks, southerners, and young people saw the biggest increases in mortality. In Denmark, younger pts saw the biggest DECREASE in mortality. The American mortality penalty again.
“is american or french food better” is a psyop to distract u from the fact that all of france is on their legally required month long vacation rn and you are staring at twitter at work
The research "(underscores) the urgent need to understand and address the determinants of these disparities." Read more: https://t.co/2YxOILnOdE
@MarkHaigney@DrTraceyK
@DrElsterUSUSoM@MarkHaigney Thank you Dean for sharing the high impact & unexpected, policy relevant results from our collaboration with MICOR & @nih_nhlbi