Patients with obstructive sleep apnea who experience longer sleep apneas and hypopneas, worse sleep quality, and marked intermittent/global nocturnal hypoxemia are more at risk for cardiometabolic comorbidities.
Patients with both type 2 diabetes and obstructive sleep apnea demonstrated macrovascular endothelial dysfunction beyond the effect of either disease alone.
Active smokers hospitalized for a major surgical procedure who started nicotine replacement therapy within 2 days of admission had similar outcomes as those who were not prescribed nicotine replacement therapy.
HbA1c levels following left ventricular assist device implantation were statistically significantly lower than before surgery.
Healthy nonmenopausal women taking oral contraceptives exhibited biomarkers for drug-induced torsade de pointes.
Up-titration to a high-intensity statin occurred in only 37.7% of patients with diabetes after an acute myocardial infarction.
Patients with higher levels of thyroid-stimulating hormone were more likely to experience atrial tachyarrhythmia after catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation.
African American patients were less likely than white patients to be treated with any statin and at the guideline-recommended intensity.
Glycemic response to liraglutide is largely driven by baseline HbA1c levels and, to a lesser extent, by diabetes duration.
A lifestyle intervention during pregnancy and the first postpartum year successfully reduced the incidence of postpartum impairment in glucose regulation.
