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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Cardiac Risk"”.
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The Effect of a Teaching Intervention on Cardiac Risk Factor Knowledge Among Elementary School Children
The effect of using the American Heart Association's Heartpower kit to increase the knowledge level of fifth grade elementary students on heart disease was investigated. A quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test study was conducted with two groups of students. Administration of five one-hour …
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Comparative profiles of currently active and formerly active participants in a cardiac risk reduction program
… ratios) were assessed in 67 males from the Cardiac Therapy and Intervention Program at Virginia Tech. Several studies have found strong correlations between these variables and the incidence of coronary heart disease. The group (cardiac or intervention), status (active or inactive), time …
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Health-promoting Behaviors of Adults Who Attend Nurse-managed Cardiac Risk Screening Clinics in the Rural Midwest
… obtained from adults who attended nurse-managed cardiac risk screening clinics. The Health Promotion Lifestyle Profile (Walker, Sechrist, and Pender, 1987) was the instrument used to determine participation in health-promotion activities. The Cronbach's alpha for the study was 0.91.<br> Major …
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Effective Measures of Weight Gain Five Years Post-Kidney Transplantation
… lipoprotein, triglycerides, and coronary risk ratio. Kidney function was monitored via serum creatinine. Manual blood pressure was taken with two resting blood pressures.</p> <p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>The sample size was <em>N </em>= 45 and included 29 (64.4%) African Americans and 16 …
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Depressive Symptoms in Women Being Screened for Cardiovascular Disease Risk
… Depressive symptomology is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Over 15% of persons with cardiovascular disease have depressive symptoms, and women are twice as likely to experience these symptoms as men. Depressive symptoms in women “ at risk ” for …
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Aspirin Use for Prevention of Myocardial Infarction in Rural-Dwelling Elderly
… prevention of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Cardiac risk factors, perception of risk, discussion of ASA use and recommendations from healthcare providers (HCPs) are also described. The sample of 93 rural-dwelling elderly who attended midwestem Senior Citizen Centers were queried about cardiac …
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Targeting psychosocial factors in cardiac rehabilitation of young women to reduce cardiovascular events following myocardial infarction
… young women face a higher burden of psychosocial risk factors such as depression, anxiety and low social support that contributes to worse outcomes following myocardial infarction. Prior studies have shown a mortality benefit from a psychosocial intervention post myocardial infarction in women; …
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Peri-operative cardiac morbidity: prediction, prevention and the novel role of B-type natriuretic peptide
… have been utilised to attempt to predict the cardiac risk of surgery. Theoretically, accurate pre-operative risk stratification would allow patients at low risk to have their surgery expedited efficiently, whilst those at higher risk could have a change made to their treatment plan such as …
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Imaging-based Phenotype for Cardiovascular Risk Assessment
… United States and the world. Early and accurate risk assessment is critically important because it will provide great opportunities to prevent the devastating disease and thus significantly reduce health-care burden. Over the past decades, a number of CV risk factors have been identified from …
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Behaviour change maintenance following a myocardial infarction
… a self-determined lifestyle behaviour change on cardiac risk factor profile, quality of life and behaviour change maintenance for people who have had a myocardial infarction within the preceding six months. This was a randomised controlled trial. Thirty-two participants were recruited from the …
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COMBINING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION & A PEDOMETER-BASE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CVD RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
… of death in the United States. A majority of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are modifiable through drug therapy, diet, and exercise. Purpose: To determine if the student-run stress testing and exercise prescription program 1) resulted in subsequent lifestyle changes and in reduced CVD …
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COMBINING EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION & A PEDOMETER-BASE PROGRAM TO REDUCE CVD RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS
… of death in the United States. A majority of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are modifiable through drug therapy, diet, and exercise. Purpose: To determine if the student-run stress testing and exercise prescription program 1) resulted in subsequent lifestyle changes and in reduced CVD …
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Understanding the help seeking behaviour of cardiac patients with erectile dysfunction: An exploratory study
… many men and is particularly prevalent in cardiac populations. Since the release of Viagra in 1998, there has been an increased awareness of ED and arguably with it a reduction in the stigma attached to the condition. Despite this, ED remains significantly undertreated. Sexual dysfunction …
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The Family Study: Assessment of the Incidence, Etiology, Circumstances and Familial Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death and Aborted Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Individuals
… to capture all SDs and aborted SDs (both cardiac and non-cardiac) in a defined geographic area, (3) followed by a feasibility study with a case control design. We utilized a prospectively collected, population-based registry of all out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) in the Greater …
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The application of the N-terminal fragment of pro hormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT proBNP) in cardiac disease risk assessment
… precursor peptide that is derived from proBNP a cardiac natriuretic peptide (NP), which is measured in plasma to assist with management of cardiac related conditions. The first aim of this study was to examine the biological variation (BV) of NT proBNP and to calculate its reference change value …
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MOLECULAR REGULATION OF ATP-CITRATE LYASE
… for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and cardiac risk reduction, by which inhibition of ACLY in the liver is widely accepted as the major mechanism. However, BPA treatment also has effects on lipid metabolism that are ACLY-independent, as BPA’s structural similarity to endogenous fatty …
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Use of Troponin Testing after Non-cardiac Surgery
Myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery (MINS), which is most often asymptomatic, is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. In 2017, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) published guidelines recommending broad post-operative troponin surveillance in high-risk patients having …
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Development of novel antibody-based diagnostics for the early and rapid detection of cardiac markers
… (MPO), two promising candidates in the field of cardiac diagnostics. CRP is a highly stable acute phase reactant, produced in the liver in response to interleukin (IL)-6. In January 2003 both the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) recommended …
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Bone health and cardiovascular risk in hypopituitary patients on complete hormone replacement, including GH
… Low BMD is correlated to increased fracture risk. There are no studies on fracture risk in GHD patients on GH therapy and no studies on BMD in adults with childhood onset (CO) craniopharyngioma (CP) on GH therapy. We have shown a doubled fracture incidence in CO GHD women and decreased …
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Predictability of Cardiovascular Disease Event Rates by Common Carotid Artery Intima-Media Thickness in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communties (ARIC) Study
… with and without adjustment for traditional cardiac risk factors was made.</p> <p><strong>Methodology: </strong>Data from The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study was analyzed for this secondary analysis research study. The study sample utilized only participants for whom raw …
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