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CONCLUSIONS: Antihypertensive treatment was associated with increased risk of serious adverse events in individuals with and without dementia, however, the absolute risk of harm was more than double in individuals with dementia. These data suggest that clinicians, patients, and their carers should consider these risks before starting new antihypertensive medications, particularly in the context of dementia.

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CONCLUSION: The study showed a substantial burden of mortality and morbidity, and a quarter of patients reported at least one persistent long COVID symptom after one year. Our findings underscore the need for early identification and management of long COVID symptoms in LMICs.

Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is diagnosed by symptoms and/ or markers of congestion with cardiac dysfunction despite 'normal' (preserved) left ventricular (LV) EF. Of the criteria, left atrial volume (LAV) is being increasingly used, with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) recognised as the gold standard for volumetric assessment. We searched databases for studies with LAV and indexed (LAVi) measurements obtained through both transthoracic echocardiography...

An increased risk of COVID-19 mortality risk among certain ethnic groups is well-reported, however data on ethnic disparities in COVID-19-related cardiovascular disease (CVD) are lacking. We estimated age-standardised incidence rates and adjusted hazard ratios for 28-day mortality and 30-day CVD by sex for individual ethnicity groups from England and Wales, using linked health and administrative data. We studied 6-level census-based ethnicity group classification, 10-level classification (only...