Mitchel is a reporter for MDedge based in the Philadelphia area. He started with the company in 1992, when it was International Medical News Group (IMNG), and has since covered a range of medical specialties. Mitchel trained as a virologist at Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, and then worked briefly as a researcher at Boston Children's Hospital before pivoting to journalism as a AAAS Mass Media Fellow in 1980. His first reporting job was with Science Digest magazine, and from the mid-1980s to early-1990s he was a reporter with Medical World News. @mitchelzoler
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AUGUSTUS: After ACS or PCI, aspirin gives AFib patients scant benefit
Adding aspirin to an anticoagulant and P2Y12 inhibitor showed no net benefit, even acutely, suggesting need to target aspirin to highly selected...
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Imaging recommendations issued for COVID-19 patients
An expert panel organized by the Fleischner Society made recommendations on using chest radiography or CT in hospitalized COVID-19 patients.
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Radial arteries show CABG survival advantage over saphenous veins
For the first time, an arterial alternative to saphenous vein grafts produced a survival benefit when used as the second CABG conduit.
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VOYAGER PAD: Clopidogrel adds no benefit to rivaroxaban plus aspirin after PAD interventions
Analysis of VOYAGER PAD results showed no benefit with clopidogrel, but patients on three antithrombotics had more bleeding episodes.
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New lipid-lowering drug class slashes LDL in HoFH patients
Evinacumab, a broadly active, lipid-lowering drug with a novel mechanism, cut LDL-cholesterol levels by 47% in patients with homozygous familial...
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Outcomes-based measurement of TAVR program quality goes live
The ACC and STS team that runs the mandated U.S. national TAVR registry devised and is launching a new metric to measure program quality.
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COVID-19 critical care guideline offers support for frontline clinicians
The target users of this guideline are frontline clinicians, allied health professionals, and policy makers involved in the care of patients with...
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Intracranial artery stenting shows promising 1-year results
LOS ANGELES – Intracranial stenting after stroke received a hit in the 2011 SAMMPRIS results, but new findings revive promise.
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COVID-19: U.S. cardiology groups reaffirm continued use of RAAS-active drugs
Experts give ACE inhibitors and ARBs, cornerstones of cardiology therapy, a thumbs up despite a hypothetical adverse COVID-19 effect.