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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2021 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

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The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascul...
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Background: The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascul...

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The changing landscape of atherosclerosis.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the evidence and discuss its implications for understanding of atherosclerosis, and examine its implications in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. But they do not discuss the role of the bone marrow in the pathogenesis of the disease.
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2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

- 03 May 2022 - 
TL;DR: The 2022 guideline as discussed by the authors provides patient-centric recommendations for clinicians to prevent, diagnose, and manage patients with heart failure, with the intent to improve quality of care and align with patients' interests.
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Life’s Essential 8: Updating and Enhancing the American Heart Association’s Construct of Cardiovascular Health: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association

- 02 Aug 2022 - 
TL;DR: In 2010, the American Heart Association defined a novel construct of cardiovascular health to promote a paradigm shift from a focus solely on disease treatment to one inclusive of positive health promotion and preservation across the life course in populations and individuals as discussed by the authors .
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Risks and benefits of estrogen plus progestin in healthy postmenopausal women: Principal results from the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

TL;DR: Overall health risks exceeded benefits from use of combined estrogen plus progestin for an average 5.2-year follow-up among healthy postmenopausal US women, and the results indicate that this regimen should not be initiated or continued for primary prevention of CHD.
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Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study

TL;DR: Abnormal lipids, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, abdominal obesity, psychosocial factors, consumption of fruits, vegetables, and alcohol, and regular physical activity account for most of the risk of myocardial infarction worldwide in both sexes and at all ages in all regions.
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Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies.

Chizuru Nishida
- 10 Jan 2004 - 
TL;DR: The proportion of Asian people with a high risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease is substantial at BMIs lower than the existing WHO cut-off point for overweight (> or =25 kg/m2), but available data do not necessarily indicate a clear BMI cut-offs point for all Asians for overweight or obesity.
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