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…Background For people whose stroke risk would be reduced by taking a long-term oral anticoagulant …

…which is now very common, increases the risk of developing CVD, stroke, metabolic dysfunction, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary d…

…1.61–2.15), p<0.001).Conclusions The strongest association with aspiration pneumonia was in providers who predominantly used propofol/general anaest…

… 1.76), smoking-related cancer (aHR 1.42, 95% CI 1.33 to 1.52), peripheral vascular disease (aHR 1.42, 95% CI 1.35 to 1.49), admission to critical care (aH…

…a and hypertension were the most prevalent comorbidities, while DKA was the least common diabetes-related complication.Table 1Socio…

…er-quantified PVCs. Meta-regression identified a 5.4% increased atrial fibrillation risk per 1% increment in PVC burden.Conclusion Frequent PVCs co…

…mmon finding on ECGs, were associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke. However, their association with heart failure…

…s thrombolytic treatment (IVT) in patients with acute ischaemic stroke (AIS).Methods A post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled tr…

…Background Idiopathic hyper eosinophilic syndrome is a rare pathology which may manifest with stroke. Here we rep…

…Introduction Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is the third most common cardiovascular disease after coro…

…s, resulted in greater specificity in identifying patients with type 2 diabetes than studies that rely on diagnosis codes alone. By identifying…

…: education: 1.72 (1.33 to 2.23); income: 2.15 (1.65 to 2.79)), peripheral artery disease (low status: education 2.87 (1.77 to 4.68); intermediate status…