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Now that exam season is upon us it is really important for us to take care of both our mental and physical health. Keep calm and try to decrease your stress levels, so that they don't negatively impact your heart health!
Hope everyone does well on their exams!🫀 #biom4180
CVD is the most common cause of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in 🇺🇸 It's vital to improve the care of 🤰 w/ CVD. Multidisciplinary, pregnancy 🫀 teams w/ 🧑⚕️ from diff fields can bridge gaps b/w #cardiology & #obstetrics! #biom4180 #biom4110
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Our last day of #biom4180 happens to fall on #WorldAutismDay!
On the topic of #cardiology, one study had shown associations between congenital ❤ defects and austism, even when accounting for genetic syndromes. health.harvard.edu/blog/cong…
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Breathing exercises have many important applications in health. They can be used in a hypertensive emergency to slow breathing, increase baroreceptor sensitivity and decrease heart rate and peripheral vascular resistance. #biom4180
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10-15% of 🤰 women experience adverse #pregnancy outcomes. Complications like high🩸 pressure, gestational diabetes & preterm delivery are linked to ⬆️ risk of developing cardiovascular disease later in life #biom4180 bit.ly/3cFTLxZ
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This new publication regarding cardiac imaging studies of COVID-19 patients includes information about different ethnic and racial groups that was non-existent due to lack of diversity #biom4180
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Scientists have dubbed the rare syndrome seen in a handful of people given the #AstraZeneca 💉 vaccine #VIPIT (vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia)🩸, said to be treatable with non-heparin blood thinners and IV Igs. Article ⬇️ #biom4180
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A new study examined the ❤️s of a swimmer🏊♂️ & an astronaut 👨🚀 It was found that the repeated weightlessness experienced when engaging in endurance #swimming & #spaceflight led to
🫀 alterations, like ⬇️ left ventricle mass & 🫀
atrophy #biom4180 ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/…
#Chocolate 🍫 is not only delicious, but it may also provide some amazing health benefits! Studies have linked 🍫 consumption with lower risks for myocardial infarction & ischemic 🫀 disease #biom4180
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Drinking an excess amount of coffee can be detrimental to your overall heart health! It can increase blood pressure and heart rate. However if you drink within a limit coffee can actually be beneficial in warding off heart failure.☕#biom4180
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New #transcatheter 'Harmony' model approved for use by the FDA. Heart valve replacement through a catheter approach improves patient #QualityOfLife by reducing the number of open #heart surgeries a #patient has to go through in life. #biom4180
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#Technology really is amazing! A new study shows that using 6 minute walk test data collected by an app on the #iPhone 📱 & #AppleWatch may be an effective way to remotely monitor 🫀 frailty in cardiovascular disease (CVD) patients #biom4180
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#Takotsubo (TTS) is an acute ❤️ failure syndrome, caused by emotional + physical stressors. 🧑🔬 found ⬆️ activity in the amygdala of patients, often present years before the onset of TTS. Lets be mindful & manage our #stress now to lower our risk! #biom4180 bit.ly/39iima7
#ECGs are the standard tool 🖥️ for diagnosing #arrhythmias but electromechanical wave imaging (EWI) may be a potential alternative. 🧑🔬showed that EWI correctly predicted 96% of arrhythmia locations while ECG correctly identified 71% #biom4180
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I've been drinking a lot of green #tea lately 🍵 Green tea contains polyphenols, which may have antioxidant & anti-inflammatory properties. This study suggests green tea consumption is associated w/ ⬇️ prevalence of coronary artery disease #biom4180
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Loved Dr. Mastromonaco's lecture in #BIOM4110 today! Here is her chapter in ScienceDirect’s recent book where she discusses the ongoing decline in biodiversity and how proper long-term genetic and demographic management of endangered species can help.
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#heartfailure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) occurs when the left ventricle of the 🫀 doesn't fill with blood 🩸 as well as normal. This can be due to stiffness of the ventricular tissue causing an inability to relax (1/2) #biom4180
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Interatrial shunts are a potential #treatment method for HFpEF. They relieve pressure overloads in the left atrium & ⬇️ hypertension in the pulmonary arteries leading to improvements in hemodynamics & quality of life 🙂 (2/2) #biom4180
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Stress comes from lack of sleep 😴
Stress comes from an unhealthy lifestyle 🍟
Stress comes from worrying about money💰
Stress comes from conflict in the workplace 🛠
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Stress WEAKENS the HEART 💔
#biom4180
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