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Rapid Rise in Systolic BP Midlife Predicts Greater LVMI
Major Finding: The rate of increase in blood pressure in early midlife is a better predictor of increased left ventricular mass at age 60-64 than...
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Showing Patients Their Coronary Calcium Scans Motivates Adherence
Major Finding: Compared to patients with a CAC score of 0, adherence to statin therapy was 2.0-fold greater in patients with a CAC score of 1-99,...
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More In-Hospital Deaths in MI Patients With Diabetes
Major Finding: Patients with diabetes who are hospitalized for acute MI are at an adjusted 18% increased risk for in-hospital mortality, compared...
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Preventing Atherothrombotic Events? It's Complicated
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Angioedema Hospitalizations Rising, Especially in African Americans
Major Finding: Among African Americans, the incidence of angioedema hospitalizations rose from 9 cases per 100,000 in 2000 to 18 cases per 100,000...
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Novel Agent Lowered LDL Up to 72%
Major Finding: At 150 mg SAR236553/REGN727 once every 2 weeks, LDL dropped by a mean of 72% at 12 weeks, from a baseline of 124 mg/dL. Within...
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CABG Survival Beats PCI in Big U.S. Dataset
Major Finding: Adjusted mortality in U.S.
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Cardiac CT Trims Triage Time for ACS, but Not Costs
Major Finding: The average length of stay was 23.2 hours with cardiac CT angiography screening and 30.8 hours with a standard evaluation.Data...
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Bariatric Surgery Bests Medication In Obese Diabetics
Major Finding: In obese patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, 1 year of intensive medical management yielded an HbA1c of 6.0% or lower...
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Paravalvular Regurgitation Shown Major TAVR Limitation
Major Finding: Two years after intervention, 48% of TAVR patients had trace or no paravalvular aortic regurgitation vs.
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Role of Patent Foramen Ovale Varies in Cryptogenic Strokes
Major Finding: The PFO-attributable risk for a previous cryptogenic stroke varied between 0% in some patients with a PFO to 88% in others.Data...