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Erectile dysfunction (ED) is independently associated with a higher risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), suggests a study. Moreover, rural men appear to be at greater risk of MACE, with an even higher risk among those with an ED diagnosis.

In the CAST-HF trial, the addition of direct cardiac shockwave therapy (SWT) to coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery improves left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and physical capacity in individuals with ischaemic heart failure (IHF).

Treatment with rituximab (RTX) in patients with moderate-to-severe neuropsychiatric (NP) systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) appears to result in some improvements and to contribute to the use of a much lower steroid dose at 6 months, suggests a study presented at EULAR 2024.