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S-ICD ‘noninferior’ to transvenous-lead ICD in head-to-head PRAETORIAN trial
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
Younger patients without heart failure “are the kind of patient who you would probably lean very strongly toward for an S-ICD rather than a...
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Signature STEMI sign may be less diagnostic in the COVID-19 age
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
ST-segment elevation, often a ticket to the cath lab, may not indicate STEMI as reliably as before hospitals...
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VICTORIA: Vericiguat seen as novel success in tough-to-treat, high-risk heart failure
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
The relative risk reduction was modest, but experts say the benefit in absolute terms was remarkable for already well-treated patients.
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Prescription cascade more likely after CCBs than other hypertension meds
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
Prescribing a calcium-channel blocker to an elderly patient often leads to a loop diuretic scrip within months...
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Societies dig in to EXCEL trial controversy
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
EACTS-ESC calls for evidence review and development of updated recommendations for left-main disease “as a matter of urgency.”
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FDA panel rejects vernakalant bid for AFib cardioversion indication
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
Eleven years after the first attempt of the antiarrhythmic agent, the FDA panel voted resoundingly against approval.
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DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF severity
- Author:
- Steve Stiles
- Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD
PHILADELPHIA – The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly, and across the spectrum of baseline symptom status.