CAD & Atherosclerosis
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Trial Supports Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain
Major Finding: None of 640 patients who had been cleared with a negative cardiac CT angiogram died or had an MI within 30 days after ED...
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Colchicine Halved MI Risk in Gout
Major Finding: Fewer than 1% of gout patients taking colchicine had an MI, compared with 3% of untreated patients. No significant difference was...
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Sleeping Too Much or Too Little Puts Heart at Risk
Major Finding: Persons who slept more than eight hours per night had a twofold increased risk of angina (2.07) as well as an increased risk of...
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Elective Angioplasty Safe at Hospitals Without Surgical Backup
Major Finding: Mortality at 6 weeks was 0.9% at hospitals without on-site surgery, compared with 1% at those with on-site surgery, meeting the...
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Vorapaxar Cuts Cardiovascular Events but Boosts Bleeding
Major Finding: Vorapaxar treatment of selected, stable post-myocardial infarction patients cut the rate of cardiovascular events by 2%.Data Source...
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Second Lorcaserin Review to Address Risk/Benefit Tradeoffs
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Arthritis Plus Hypothyroidism Ups Women's CVD Risk
Major Finding: Women who have both inflammatory arthritis plus hypothyroidism have 3.72-fold greater odds of developing cardiovascular disease,...
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Slight Hyperglycemia Risk Shouldn't Deter Statin Use
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Desensitization Succeeds for Aspirin-Allergic Heart Patients
Major Finding: Coronary disease patients who required aspirin treatment but had a history of aspirin sensitivity safely and successfully underwent...
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Stents Don't Surpass Pills in Stable CAD
Major Finding: Compared with patients with stable CAD who had PCI with stent placement , those who had optimal medical therapy showed no...