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The Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) can independently predict mortality at 2 years in patients with heart failure (HF), suggests a study.

Children with surgically corrected congenital heart disease (CHD) have a significantly reduced cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) compared with controls in a meta-analysis and meta-regression.

According to a study, several congenital heart defect (CHD) subtypes are associated with an elevated risk of low Apgar scores at 5 mins after birth in newborns.

Loss of the Y chromosome (LOY) in older men tend to increase their risk of myocardial infarction (MI), but not ischaemic stroke, suggests a study.

Initiating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) within 24 h of onset of a minor ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) yields the greatest clinical benefit, with the therapeutic effect declining progressively beyond this period, as shown in a study.

Long-term use of aspirin tends to increase the risk of heart failure (HF) in individuals without cardiovascular disease (CVD), suggests a recent study.

In addition to improving glycaemic control, the use of SGLT2 inhibitors also appears to reduce mortality, hospitalization, cardiovascular events, and liver complications in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to a study.

In the treatment of acute ischaemic stroke in patients with recent direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC) use, intravenous thrombolysis appears to be safe and is associated with improvements in functional outcomes, according to a study.