Among patients with permanent atrial fibrillation, cognitive impairment may be more common in those with suboptimal antithrombotic therapy, oral anticoagulation, or heart rate control.
The lipid profiles for asymptomatic intracranial arterial stenosis among rural residents in China were found to be characterized by high atherogenic cholesterol, low antiatherogenic cholesterol, and high ratios of atherogenic-to-antiatherogenic cholesterol or lipoproteins.
Patients with chronic lower extremity artery disease treated with a more vs less intensive antithrombotic therapeutic regimen were found to be at lower risk for limb amputation, stroke, and revascularization.
Death anxiety is common in patients with metastatic cancer, including those with metastatic non-small cell lung carcinoma.
Telmisartan did not affect biomarkers of central nervous system inflammation or injury when used as an adjunct to ART for acute HIV infection.
Patients with psychotic depression who experienced an illness relapse while receiving placebo also had a decline in cortical thickness, emphasizing the essential role antipsychotics play in treating disorders where psychosis is present.
Researchers discovered that bariatric surgery led to a significant decrease in BMI, waist circumference, neck circumference, and AHI compared with in the optimized clinical treatment group.
