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Uncategorized Published - 31 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Case reports detail co-occurrence of stroke, COVID-19 in adults under 55

DG Alerts A case series published in Neurological Sciences suggests that in adults under 55 who are diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the development of stroke, or its severity based on the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), is not necessarily linked to the extent of lung involvement. “This is the first study evaluating the association of […]

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Uncategorized Published - 31 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
There is a link between blood type and covid-19 infection

MIT Technology Review Early evidence: In March, Chinese researchers analyzed blood types in 2,173 infected individuals and compared those results with surveys of blood types from healthy populations in the same region. They found that 38% of the covid-19 patients had type A blood, compared with just 31% of the healthy people surveyed. By contrast, type O blood […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
Preterm births associated with increased risk of ischemic heart disease for the mother

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Women who give birth before the 37th week of pregnancy are at a greater risk of ischemic heart disease (IHD), according to new findings published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The authors tracked data from more than 2 million women who gave birth in Sweden from 1973 to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
‘Masks work’: Rigid policy minimizes COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers

Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News As COVID-19 cases continue to soar across the United States, the debate surrounding mandatory mask policies is as heated as ever. Do they truly work? Or, as some critics argue, is it truly much ado about nothing? According to new findings published in JAMA, such policies appear to work quite well; […]

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Uncategorized Published - 30 July, 2020    By - Dr Clemens
TAVR-related bleeding complications plummet with protamine administration

Author: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Protamine administration during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is associated with a significant reduction in life-threatening and major bleeding complications, according to new findings published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. “During the past decade, technical and clinical advances have been achieved in the field of interventional aortic valve therapy, overcoming […]

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