Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Grip strength predicts cardiovascular mortality
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Ultrasound accurately predicts trauma thoracotomy survival
Key clinical point: Trauma arrest victims who will survive resuscitative thoracotomy can be predicted using focused assessment with sonography in...
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Applications expand for vorapaxar in cardiovascular prevention
Key clinical point: Vorapaxar reduced the composite outcome of cardiovascular death, MI, or stroke by 29% compared with placebo in patients with a...
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Testosterone therapy has neutral cardiovascular effects
Key clinical point: Testosterone therapy for men with low serum testosterone had no significant impact on their cardiovascular event rate.
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Prehospital mechanical CPR doesn’t improve survival
Key clinical point: Chest compressions via mechanical CPR did not confer greater 30-day survival than manual compressions. Major finding: 30-day...
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Unrecognized diabetes common in acute MI
Key clinical point: Many patients presenting with acute MI had unrecognized diabetes and, in most cases, that DM remained undiagnosed, untreated,...
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Screen for acute stress disorder in ACS patients
Key clinical point: Acute coronary syndrome patients who meet criteria for acute stress disorder along with at least mild depression are at...
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FDA panel cautiously backs approval of short-acting IV antiplatelet drug
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Costs a wash between CTA and functional chest pain testing
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Thrombectomy fails to improve PCI outcomes, ups stroke risk
Key clinical point: Routine manual thrombectomy did not improve 180-day outcomes and increased the risk of stroke, compared with PCI alone. Major...