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It has been known for decades that influenza viruses have a propensity to affect muscle. Muscle aches from mild to severe occur regularly with the acute attack of the virus.
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A second human papillomavirus (HPV) recombi-nant vaccine has been approved by the FDA.
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The hope trial convinced many experts that midlife adults (age ≥ 55 years) with existing vasculopathy (history of CAD, CVD, diabetes and CV risk factors) will have improved outcomes on an ACE inhibitor (ramipril, to be specific).
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare-metal stents (BMS) or drug-eluting stents (DES) remains the most common method of coronary revascularization.
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Although heart rate is known to be a marker for the utility of beta blockers in ischemic heart disease and heart failure, there is no comparable trial data in hypertension.
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Sudden syncope, especially while driving or during vigorous sports activity, is a widely feared, but relatively uncommon, event.
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Portable music players are now widely used at all age levels. The headphones used with these players, both ear-bud and clip-on varieties, are frequently worn in such a way that they may come into close proximity to a pacemaker or ICD in patients with these rhythm-management devices.
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Modern implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and permanent pacemakers can store all data about atrial tachyarrhythmias.
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Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) in patients referred for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) improves with revascularization in some cases, but in other cases it does not.
