Increased Rates of Stroke, Heart Failure, CHD, and Death in Black Individuals with Atrial Fibrillation

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Increase in Cardiac Biomarker Associated With Increased Risk of Heart Disease, Heart Failure and Death

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Studies Examine Use of Newer Blood Test to Help Identify or Rule-Out Heart Attack

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Edward Carlton, Ph.D., email eddcarlton@gmail.com. To contact Dirk Westermann, M.D., email d.westermann@uke.de. To place an electronic embedded link to these studies in your story: Links will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1309; http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0695   JAMA Cardiology Two studies published online…

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Study Finds Elevated Cancer Risk Among Women With New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation

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Digital Health Intervention Does Not Lower Heart Attack Risk

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Compared With Men, Women With Atrial Fibrillation Have More Symptoms, Worse Quality Of Life, Although Higher Survival

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Jonathan P. Piccini, M.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0529   In a study published online…

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Walking Ability Predictor of Adverse Outcomes Following Cardiac Surgery

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Jonathan Afilalo, M.D., M.Sc., email Cynthia Lee at cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0316   Among more than 15,000 patients who underwent cardiac surgery,…

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Implementation of Telephone CPR Program Results in Improved Cardiac Arrest Outcomes

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Bentley J. Bobrow, M.D., call Jo Marie Barkley at 520-626-7219 or email jgellerm@email.arizona.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0251   JAMA Cardiology Implementation of a guideline-based…

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Well-Managed Warfarin Therapy Associated With Low Risk Of Complications in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Fredrik Björck, M.D., email Fredrik.Bjorck@lvn.se.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0199   In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Fredrik Björck, M.D., of Umea…

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Gene Transfer Shows Promise for Treating Heart Failure

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact H. Kirk Hammond, M.D., call Cynthia Butler at 858-552-4373 or email Cynthia.Butler@va.gov.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0008   Use of intracoronary gene transfer among…

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Longer-Time to Follow-Up With Patients After Heart Attack Associated With Worse Medication Adherence

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Tracy Y. Wang, M.D., M.H.S., M.Sc., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0001   JAMA Cardiology In a study…

Risk Score May Help Identify Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death After Acute Coronary Syndrome

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Pierluigi Tricoci, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0359   In a study published online…

Many AFib Patients at Highest Risk of Stroke Not Receiving Recommended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Jonathan C. Hsu, M.D., M.A.S., call Michelle Brubaker at 619-543-6163 or email mmbrubaker@ucsd.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0374   In a study published online…

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Study Examines Incidence, Risk Factors for Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding in Older Adults Newly Prescribed Warfarin

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact John A. Dodson, M.D., M.P.H., email Allison Clair at Allison.clair@nyumc.org.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0345   John A. Dodson, M.D., M.P.H., of the New…

Model Developed to Help Predict Risk of In-Hospital Death after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Fred H. Edwards, M.D., email Daniel Leveton at Daniel.Leveton@jax.ufl.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0326   In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Fred…

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Study Examines Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Developing Country

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Thomas Pilgrim, M.D., email thomas.pilgrim@insel.ch.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0292   Thomas Pilgrim, M.D., of Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, and colleagues conducted a…

High LDL-C Levels in Women Prior to Childbirth Associated With Increased Risk of High Levels in Adult Offspring

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Study Examines Heart Structure, Function of NBA Players

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact David J. Engel. M.D., call Linda Kamateh at 212-305-5587 or email lib9027@nyp.org. To contact Aaron L. Baggish, M.D., email Julie Cunningham at jcunningham0@mgh.harvard.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study and commentary in your story: Links will be…

Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Models Appear to Work Well in Black Adults

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Ervin R. Fox, M.D., M.P.H., call Karen Bascom at 601-815-3940 or email kbascom@umc.edu. To contact Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, M.D., Sc.M., email Marla Paul at marla-paul@northwestern.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story: Links…

Quality of Care for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Varies Among U.S. Hospitals

EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Monique L. Anderson, M.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu.   To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0275   Adherence to recommended care following…

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