Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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Recent data support preventive multivessel PCI in STEMI patients
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Screening database shows ABI can be cost effective
Major finding: Individuals with an ABI between 0.41 and 0.60 had a 26.4% incidence of CAS, compared with individuals who had a normal ABI. The...
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Preoperative organ dysfunction worsens SAVR outcomes
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Failure to rescue driving AAA repair mortality
Major finding: FTR rates were 45 times higher in high AAA-mortality hospitals vs. low AAA-mortality hospitals (0.83% vs. 37.5%).Data source:...
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Anatomy dictates endovascular repair of popliteal artery aneurysms
Major finding: Five-year primary patency was 67% for open repair and 80% for endovascular repair (P less than .05).Data source: Expert opinion and...
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DRIL particularly effective for access-related hand ischemia
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WOEST results guide antithrombotic therapy in PCI
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CoreValve holds size advantage for U.S. TAVR
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Mixed results with two stents for bifurcations
Major finding: In the Nordic-Baltic trial, MACE rates were 1.8% in the two-stent group and 4.6% with provisional stenting at 6 months.
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Postop atrial fib has two peaks
Major finding: The risk of new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation is not constant over time; it peaks within the first 3 hours after surgery...
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Higher PCI risk in diabetes not due to insulin
Major finding: Five-year rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke were 29% in the insulin-treated subgroup and 19% in the...