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Oxycodone tied to persistent use only after vaginal delivery
Oxycodone receipt was not associated with persistent opioid use, compared with codeine.
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PAD procedure overuse: A field in peril or ‘a few bad apples’?
Many patients, apparently, were not encouraged to make lifestyle changes, nor did they receive medication. Instead, they were advised from the get...
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Higher step counts tied to fewer symptoms in HF
“I would certainly, however, still encourage clinicians to discuss decrementing physical activity levels with their patients, though an...
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S-ICD shows virtues, limits in ‘real-world’ postmarket study
The device's safety and efficacy performance "was as good if not better than previous studies," despite a sicker group of patients.
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Mixed bag: New performance data on femoral-popliteal artery revascularization
“This and other studies highlight the need to be cautious about offering PVI to patients with intermittent claudication.”
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Heart-protective diet in PURE study allows whole-fat dairy
“The new results in PURE, in combination with prior reports, call for a re-evaluation of unrelenting guidelines to avoid whole-fat dairy products...
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Finding the optimal fluid strategies for sepsis
“The association between fluid accumulation and poor outcomes is truly a Goldilocks problem ...”
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CV benefit from vitamin D caps hinted in huge D-Health trial
“The effects for myocardial infarction in people taking statins or cardiovascular disease drugs at baseline are suggestive of benefit.”
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TAVI turmoil: Did an ANP perform transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the U.K.?
Some say such a procedure should only be done by a cardiologist or cardiac surgeon; others say that there is no stopping “scope creep.”
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Time for mental stress testing in ANOCA?
“Since the findings do not support a correlation between MSIMI and CMD, which has been a widely accepted mechanistic explanation of ANOCA, routine...
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Interventional cardiologists worldwide burned out: Survey
“I was expecting that some interventionalists would feel burned out, but not that 78% would feel they are working too hard, 64% are emotionally...
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Patients with post-COVID cognitive symptoms may have gliosis
“This is an important initial step to better understand the neuropsychiatric consequences of COVID even in only a mild and moderate viral illness...
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Cuffless blood pressure monitors: Still a numbers game
“If there’s no yardstick by which you say these devices are good, what are we really doing – helping, or causing a problem?”
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Big boost in sodium excretion with HF diuretic protocol
“The protocol is feasible, safe, and very effective. Cardiologists might consider how to implement a similar protocol in their center to improve...
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Dapagliflozin matches non–loop diuretic for congestion in AHF: DAPA-RESIST
“The next steps are to assess whether a strategy of using SGLT2 inhibitors up front in patients with HF reduces the incidence of diuretic...