Apurva Popat, MD
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🥼Cardiovascular Disease Fellow, USA
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January 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting more than 40% of U.S. adults. Smoking rates have declined, but e‑cigarette use has increased. Younger adults have a rising prevalence of acute myocardial infarction.
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.027
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.027
January 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting more than 40% of U.S. adults. Smoking rates have declined, but e‑cigarette use has increased. Younger adults have a rising prevalence of acute myocardial infarction.
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.027
https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2025.12.027
they suggest that patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation identified during hospitalization for other conditions may warrant a different treatment approach than those with pre-existing atrial fibrillation.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-01967
#ACC #ACCFIT #Cardiology
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-01967
#ACC #ACCFIT #Cardiology
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
they suggest that patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation identified during hospitalization for other conditions may warrant a different treatment approach than those with pre-existing atrial fibrillation.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-01967
#ACC #ACCFIT #Cardiology
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-24-01967
#ACC #ACCFIT #Cardiology
Canada evaluated this population and found that patients with a CHA2DS2-VA score of 1–4 had a stroke risk of 0.7%, while those with a score of 5–8 had a stroke risk of 1.8% in the absence of anticoagulation. Although no firm recommendations can be made based on these findings,
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Canada evaluated this population and found that patients with a CHA2DS2-VA score of 1–4 had a stroke risk of 0.7%, while those with a score of 5–8 had a stroke risk of 1.8% in the absence of anticoagulation. Although no firm recommendations can be made based on these findings,
it remains unclear whether this recommendation should be applied uniformly to patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation diagnosed during hospitalization for non-cardiac causes.
Investigators in Ontario,
Investigators in Ontario,
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
it remains unclear whether this recommendation should be applied uniformly to patients with new-onset atrial fibrillation diagnosed during hospitalization for non-cardiac causes.
Investigators in Ontario,
Investigators in Ontario,