Dhruv S. Kazi

Jan 27, 2025 | healio.com | Scott Buzby |Richard Smith |Dhruv S. Kazi

CVD will be ‘even bigger threat to global health and the world economy’ if unchecked• The American Heart Association has issued its 2025 heart disease and stroke statistical update. • In the U.S., there is one death from cardiovascular disease every 34 seconds. The American Heart Association has issued the 2025 update to its annual heart disease and stroke statistics report, detailing recent trends in CV-related morbidity and mortality.

Nov 18, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Robert W. Yeh |Jennifer Ho |Dhruv S. Kazi

Semaglutide Eligibility Across All Current Indications for US Adults Rapidly increasing uptake of semaglutide made it the top-selling drug in the US in 2023, with net sales of $13.8 billion.1,2 Quantifying the number of US adults eligible for semaglutide may guide future policies for this high-cost therapy and clarify potential implications for pharmaceutical spending.

Oct 24, 2024 | medscape.com | Robert Harrington |Dhruv S. Kazi

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Sep 24, 2024 | thinkglobalhealth.org | Ethan Katznelson |Dhruv S. Kazi

Early in September, hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated from Shanghai as Typhoon Bebinca became the strongest typhoon to hit the city in 75 years. In July, Hurricane Beryl broke records as the earliest category 5 storm in the Atlantic basin, causing widespread power outages and approximately $30 billion in damages.  Hurricanes evoke images of flooded roads, destroyed towns, and uprooted lives; their effect on health extends far beyond visible physical injuries and damage.

Sep 13, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Porto Alegre |Dhruv S. Kazi

Cardiac transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR-CM) is an underrecognized cause of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in older adults, affecting approximately 120 000 US adults.1 It is caused by the misfolding of transthyretin, which produces insoluble amyloid fibrils that deposit in interstitial space between cardiac myocytes.2 Deposition of amyloid fibrils triggers cellular injury and reduces muscle compliance, eventually resulting in a restrictive cardiomyopathy.