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Thigh-area body fat may be predictor of heart failure risk

A study published in JACC: Heart Failure found that patients with higher levels of intramuscular fat infiltration in the thigh area could be at greater risk of developing heart failure. Researchers looked at intermuscular and intramuscular fat deposition alongside heart failure incidence in a group of 2,399 older adults who took part in the Health, Aging and Body Composition study, and they used computed tomography to measure thigh fat. Medscape (free registration) (6/29) Learn More
Skin autofluorescence, A1C drop tied to CV events in T2D

A study published in the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications found that an extreme decline in A1C with long-term high glucose levels as gauged by skin autofluorescence may raise the risk for future cardiovascular events among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes. The findings, based on data from 386 adults, remained true after adjusting for sex, age, diabetes treatment and macroangiopathy history. Healio (free registration) (6/29) Learn More
Effect of maternal COVID-19 vaccination on infant hospitalization examined

Maternal vaccination with two doses of mRNA vaccine was associated with a reduced risk of hospitalization for COVID-19 among infants younger than six months, but vaccine effectiveness dropped to 38% during the Omicron period compared with 80% effectiveness during the Delta period. Findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine highlighted that vaccine effectiveness was 69% when maternal vaccination occurred after 20 weeks of pregnancy and 38% during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy. Healio (free registration) (6/24) Learn More
Monkeypox vaccine expansion reaches too few, critics say

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FDA panel supports updating boosters to target Omicron

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2022 AHA/ACC Key Data Elements and Definitions for CV and Noncardiovascular Complications of COVID-19

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A Standardized and Regionalized Network of Care For Cardiogenic Shock

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Cardiovascular Quality and Research News

ACC CV Quality SmartBrief

Thigh-area body fat may be predictor of heart failure risk

Skin autofluorescence, A1C drop tied to CV events in T2D

Effect of maternal COVID-19 vaccination on infant hospitalization examined

Monkeypox vaccine expansion reaches too few, critics say

FDA panel supports updating boosters to target Omicron

2022 AHA/ACC Key Data Elements and Definitions for CV and Noncardiovascular Complications of COVID-19

A Standardized and Regionalized Network of Care For Cardiogenic Shock