An alcohol cardiomyopathy is said to be present when other causes of a dilated cardiomyopathy have been excluded and there is a history of heavy, sustained alcohol intake. The usual requirement in terms of alcohol amount is 100 g alcohol per day, typically over several years. However, in susce...
Dictionaries that provide definitions of medical terms using lifelike 3D animations apart from text is a long felt need in the medical sciences and these Concise Animated Dictionaries fulfill that need quite effectively. They cover a range of medical terms in each discipline, making them a complete...
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Definitions of sex and/or gender applied should be explicitly stated to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of the research and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms and the constructs to which they refer. We advise you to read the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) gu...
Definitions of sex and/or gender applied should be explicitly stated to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of the research and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms and the constructs to which they refer. We advise you to read the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER) gu...
In this document, we focused on current definitions from the large registries and, where appropriate, identified where newer definitions may be adopted in future clinical data standard documents. The writing committee aggregated, reviewed, harmonized, and extended these terms to develop a controlled, ...
40 In addition to these clinical and public health goals, our analysis shows that a large proportion of CVD can also be attributed to dietary risks, high body mass index, and low physical activity. Notably, air pollution has continued to decrease in terms of its relative contribution to CVD ...
Outcome definitions. eTable 1. Cohort-specific summaries of selected characteristics and recorded outcomes. eTable 2. Hazard ratios for VTE per 1-SD higher usual risk factor value or group contrast, with and without adjustment for BMI. eFigure 1. Hazard ratios for fatal/nonfatal VTE by alcohol...
Heart failure (HF) with mildly reduced ejection fraction (EF) (HFmrEF) has been extensively studied, generally using an EF of 40–49%, and accounts for up to 25% of patients with HF. On the basis of contemporary trials and definitions, HFmrEF might be defined as an EF of 41–49%. ...
Definitions of sex and/or gender applied should be explicitly stated to enhance the precision, rigor and reproducibility of the research and to avoid ambiguity or conflation of terms and the constructs to which they refer. We advise you to read the Sex and Gender Equity in Research (...