John Schieszer, MA

Current guidelines to diagnosis pulmonary embolism in pregnant patients offer conflicting recommendations.

Risk of cardiovascular disease gradually increased in patients undergoing darunavir therapy.

New guidelines for dyslipidemia management and atherosclerosis prevention include a wider range of disease stages and more aggressive intervention.

Current medical education practices may be contributing to poor mental health of future physicians.

Researchers compared developmental milestone ratings to a nondevelopmental rating scale for internal medicine residents using the pre-2015 RAES.

Imaging to guide primary heart failure prevention in older asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes may be cost-effective

Patients with sudden cardiac death, compared with those patients who did not die, were more likely to be older, have had diabetes for a longer duration, be on insulin, and have a higher baseline HbA1c.

Remnant cholesterol predicted coronary artery disease events univariately among patients with diabetes and without, even after adjustment for presence and extent of baseline disease.

Vitamin D may influence cardiovascular disease risk via its effect on lipid levels.

Using nitric oxide during and after prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass may prevent acute kidney injury.