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ARTICLE: Endomyocardial Biopsy Characterization of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Prevalence of Cardiac Amyloidosis AUTHORS: Virginia S. Hahn, Lisa R. Yanek, Joban Vaishnav, Wendy Ying, Dhananjay Vaidya, Yi… Read More »Endomyocardial Biopsy Characterization of Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction and Prevalence of Cardiac Amyloidosis
ARTICLE: Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Persons With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial AUTHORS: Gail L Daumit, Arlene T Dalcin, Faith… Read More »Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Persons With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial
ARTICLE: MICAL1 constrains cardiac stress responses and protects against disease by oxidizing CaMKII AUTHORS: Klitos Konstantinidis, Vassilios J. Bezzerides, Lo Lai, Holly M. Isbell, An-Chi… Read More »MICAL1 constrains cardiac stress responses and protects against disease by oxidizing CaMKII
ARTICLE: Health equity and distributive justice considerations in critical care resource allocation AUTHORS: Panagis Galiatsatos, Allen Kachalia, Harolyn M E Belcher, Mark T Hughes, Jeffrey Kahn, Cynda H Rushton,… Read More »Health equity and distributive justice considerations in critical care resource allocation
ARTICLE: Empirical Antituberculosis Therapy in Advanced HIV Disease - Too Much, Too Late AUTHORS: Richard E Chaisson JOURNAL: N Engl J Med. 2020 Jun 18;382(25):2459-2460.… Read More »Empirical Antituberculosis Therapy in Advanced HIV Disease – Too Much, Too Late
ARTICLE: Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors AUTHORS: Seamus P. Whelton, John W. McEvoy, Leslee… Read More »Association of Normal Systolic Blood Pressure Level With Cardiovascular Disease in the Absence of Risk Factors
ARTICLE: Historical Insights on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and Racial Disparities: Illuminating a Path Forward AUTHORS: Lakshmi Krishnan, S Michelle Ogunwole, Lisa A… Read More »Historical Insights on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and Racial Disparities: Illuminating a Path Forward
ARTICLE: Frailty Measurement Using Administrative Data in Older Patients With Cardiovascular Disease AUTHORS: Abdulla A Damluji, Gary Gerstenblithand Jodi B Segal JOURNAL: JAMA Cardiol. 2020 May 20. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2020.1552. Online… Read More »Frailty Measurement Using Administrative Data in Older Patients With Cardiovascular Disease
ARTICLE: Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance AUTHORS: Brendan A McGrath, Michael J Brenner, Stephen J Warrillow, Vinciya Pandian, Asit Arora, Tanis… Read More »Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance
ARTICLE: To What Extent Are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2019 MIPS Quality Measures Inclusive of Home-Based Medical Care? AUTHORS: Bruce Leff, Orla… Read More »To What Extent Are the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2019 MIPS Quality Measures Inclusive of Home-Based Medical Care?