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Patients undergoing a shorter-than-recommended fasting period prior to coronary angiography have significantly higher satisfaction scores, according to a study. This finding highlights the feasibility of revised fasting protocols.

Gratitude is associated with increased longevity among older females, a population-based study has shown. 

According to local data presented at AIM 2024, approximately two-thirds of middle-aged and older residents in Hong Kong have systolic blood pressure (SBP) >120 mm Hg. A high prevalence of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is also found in this population.

Treatment with the oral selective cardiac myosin inhibitor aficamten produced improvements in peak oxygen uptake in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), as shown in the phase III SEQUOIA-HCM trial.

For patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) receiving anticoagulation treatment, direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appear to yield similar survival and bleeding outcomes but higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) recurrence compared with warfarin, according to a study.