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ARTICLE: Assessment of Patterns in e-Cigarette Use Among Adults in the US, 2017-2020 AUTHORS: Ellen Boakye, Ngozi Osuji, John Erhabor, Olufunmilayo Obisesan, Albert D Osei, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Andrew C Stokes, Omar Dzaye, Omar El Shahawy, Glenn A Hirsch, Emelia J Benjamin, Andrew P DeFilippis, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar, Michael J Blaha JOURNAL: JAMA Netw […]
ARTICLE: Deprescribing Education vs Usual Care for Patients With Cognitive Impairment and Primary Care Clinicians: The OPTIMIZE Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial AUTHORS: Elizabeth A Bayliss, Susan M Shetterly, Melanie L Drace, Jonathan D Norton, Mahesh Maiyani, Kathy S Gleason, Jennifer K Sawyer, Linda A Weffald, Ariel R Green, Emily Reeve, Matthew L Maciejewski, Orla C […]
ARTICLE: Assessment of Changes in Visits and Antibiotic Prescribing During the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Safety Program for Improving Antibiotic Use and the COVID-19 Pandemic AUTHORS: Sara C Keller, Tania M Caballero, Pranita D Tamma, Melissa A Miller, Prashila Dullabh, Roy Ahn, Savyasachi V Shah, Yue Gao, Kathleen Speck, Sara E Cosgrove, Jeffrey A Linder JOURNAL: JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jul 1;5(7):e2220512. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.20512. Abstract […]
ARTICLE: Racial and Ethnic Differences in All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: The MESA Study AUTHORS: Wendy S Post, Karol E Watson, Spencer Hansen, Aaron R Folsom, Moyses Szklo, Steven Shea, R Graham Barr, Gregory Burke, Alain G Bertoni, Norrina Allen, James S Pankow, Joao A C Lima, Jerome I Rotter, Joel D Kaufman, W Craig Johnson, Richard A Kronmal, Ana V Diez-Roux, Robyn L McClelland JOURNAL: Circulation. 2022 Jul 19;146(3):229-239. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.059174. Epub 2022 Jul […]
ARTICLE: Isolated Diastolic Hypertension and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Controversies in Hypertension—Con Side of the Argument AUTHORS: Alan P Jacobsen, Myles McKittrick, Natalie Daya, Mahmoud Al Rifai, John W McEvoy JOURNAL: Hypertension. 2022 Aug;79(8):1571-1578. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.122.18458. Epub 2022 Jul 13. Abstract Isolated diastolic hypertension (IDH) is a blood pressure (BP) phenotype that is less commonly encountered than isolated systolic hypertension or combined […]
ARTICLE: Early Outcomes following Implementation of a Multispecialty Geriatric Surgery Pathway AUTHORS: April L Ehrlich, Oluwafemi P Owodunni, Joshua C Mostales, Caroline Xu Qin, Priyanka J Hadvani, Luxey Sirisegaram, Dianne Bettick, Susan L Gearhart JOURNAL: Ann Surg. 2022 Jul 15. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000005567. Online ahead of print. Abstract Objective: To examine geriatric-specific outcomes following implementation of a multispecialty geriatric surgical pathway (GSP). Summary background data: In 2018, we […]
ARTICLE: Human colon cancer-derived Clostridioides difficile strains drive colonic tumorigenesis in mice AUTHORS: Julia L Drewes, Jie Chen, Nicholas O Markham, Reece J Knippel, Jada C Domingue, Ada J Tam, June L Chan, Lana Kim, Madison McMann, Courtney Stevens, Christine M Dejea, Sarah Tomkovich, John Michel, James R White, Fuad Mohammad, Victoria L Campodonico, Cody N Heiser, Xinqun Wu, Shaoguang Wu, Hua Ding, Patricia Simner, Karen Carroll, Martha J Shrubsole, Robert A Anders, Seth T Walk, Christian Jobin, Fengyi Wan, Robert J […]
ARTICLE: Distribution of Coronary Artery Calcium by Age, Sex, and Race Among Patients 30-45 Years Old AUTHORS: Aamir Javaid, Zeina A Dardari, Joshua D Mitchell, Seamus P Whelton, Omar Dzaye, Joao A C Lima, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Matthew Budoff, Khurram Nasir, Daniel S Berman, John Rumberger, Michael D Miedema , Todd C Villines, Michael J Blaha JOURNAL: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 May 17;79(19):1873-1886. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.02.051. Abstract Background: Coronary artery calcium […]
ARTICLE: Myocardial ATP depletion detected noninvasively predicts sudden cardiac death risk in patients with heart failure AUTHORS: T Jake Samuel, Shenghan Lai, Michael Schär, Katherine C Wu, Angela M Steinberg, An-Chi Wei, Mark E Anderson, Gordon F Tomaselli, Gary Gerstenblith, Paul A Bottomley, Robert G Weiss JOURNAL: JCI Insight. 2022 Jun 22;7(12):e157557. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.157557. Abstract BACKGROUND: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a worldwide public health problem in […]
ARTICLE: Cigarette Smoking, Cessation, and Risk of Heart Failure With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction AUTHORS: Ning Ding, Amil M Shah, Michael J Blaha, Patricia P Chang, Wayne D Rosamond, Kunihiro Matsushita JOURNAL: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jun 14;79(23):2298-2305. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.03.377. Abstract Background: Smoking is well-recognized as a risk factor for heart failure (HF). However, few studies have evaluated the prospective association […]