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How to prevent 1 million coronary events
Major Finding: If all of the nation’s type 2 diabetic adults were to reach guideline-recommended goals for blood pressure, HbA1c, HDL, and total...
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Looking 'old for years' boosts cardiovascular risk
Major Finding: Four visible signs of aging – xanthelasma, earlobe crease, crown top baldness, and frontoparietal baldness – are associated with...
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Combo may be best rescue therapy for resistant Kawasaki disease
Major Finding: Nonresponders to IVIG plus aspirin for treatment of acute Kawasaki disease were significantly more likely to respond to rescue...
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Kawasaki disease: long-term cardiovascular risk quantified
Major Finding: Only two cardiovascular events occurred during an average follow-up period of 15 years in 546 U.S. survivors of acute Kawasaki...
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PFOs raise stroke risk from ICDs, pacemakers
Major Finding: ICD or pacemaker recipients with a PFO had a 4.6-fold increased risk of stroke or TIA.Data Source: A review of 6,086 patients at...
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Stroke caution on thalidomide for cutaneous LE
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Prasugrel's use grows, but often off label
Major Finding: Prasugrel use post PCI in Michigan grew from 8% of patients to 22% from early 2010 to late 2011.Data Source: A review of 55,821...
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Studies put kibosh on statins for breast cancer prevention
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LBBB Poses Biggest Intraventricular Conduction-Block Risk
Major Finding: Left bundle branch block post MI was linked to a 2.7-fold increased cardiovascular death rate, compared with right bundle branch...
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ICD Shocks Boost Anxiety and Mortality
Major Finding: Patients who received at least one ICD shock had an average Beck Anxiety Inventory score of 8.3, indicating mild anxiety.Data...
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Statins' Diabetogenic Impact Influenced by Underlying Risks
Major Finding: High-dose atorvastatin raised the relative risk for incident diabetes 24% in patients with two or more diabetes risk factors.Data...