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A 10-year territory-wide study has shown a 9.5-fold increase in utilization of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) among adult patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) of public hospitals in Hong Kong, especially older patients and patients with more severe disease or comorbidities.

A history of vascular disease appears to contribute to worse long-term outcomes in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), but treatment with oral anticoagulation (OAC) helps, suggests a recent study.

In the phase III REMAIN-2 trial, add-on recaticimab – a novel, long-acting anti-PCSK9 monoclonal antibody (mAb) – led to reductions in bad cholesterol and other lipids in patients with non-familial hypercholesterolaemia (non-FH) and mixed hyperlipidaemia inadequately controlled on background statin therapy.

Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients with a higher inflammatory burden, longer delay in diagnosis and longer baseline disease duration (BLDD) have an increased risk of developing incident hypertension after adjusting for traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, a retrospective cohort study by the Chinese University of Hong Kong has shown.  

Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who have high blood pressure (BP) levels are at increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a large registry cohort in Singapore. However, the risk increase is also present for those who have low diastolic BP.

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore report on a flexible optoacoustic blood ‘stethoscope’ (OBS) for noninvasive, multiparametric, and continuous cardiovascular (CV) monitoring without the need for complex procedures.

Higher baseline and 1-year increases in N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) levels among individuals receiving blood pressure (BP)-lowering medications are associated with subsequent declines in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), according to a study.

Women with a history of pre-eclampsia are at increased risk of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy, according to a study.

Adopting a liberal blood transfusion strategy in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and anaemia does not appear to do much in terms of reducing the risk of AMI recurrence or death compared with a restrictive transfusion strategy, although there appears to be a hint of benefit, as shown in the results of the phase III MINT trial.

Biomarkers of omega 6 (n‒6) fatty acids, including linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acid (AA), show no significant relationship with incident atrial fibrillation (AF), a study has found.