Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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Risk of stopping dual-antiplatelet therapy after stenting depends upon the reason
Major finding: Coronary stent recipients who discontinued dual-antiplatelet therapy because their physician felt they no longer needed it, most...
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PCI in noninfarct coronaries helps STEMI patients
Major finding: Preventive PCI of significant, noninfarct-related coronary stenoses in acute STEMI cut the combined rate of death from cardiac...
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Prasugrel pretreatment ups bleeding risk in NSTE ACS
Major finding: The rate of major ischemic events was similar (10.0% vs. 9.8%), but the rate of TIMI major bleeding episodes through day 7 was...
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TASTE: Thrombus aspiration has no mortality benefit in STEMI
Major finding: All-cause mortality at 30 days was 2.8% with thrombus aspiration plus PCI vs.
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Fruits, not vegetables, seen to lower AAA risk
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Acute onset arthritis possible with clopidogrel
Major finding: Clopidogrel-induced arthritis occurred within 3 weeks of treatment initiation.Data Source: A case report and literature review....
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Vitamin C protects kidneys against angiography contrast
Major finding: Ascorbic acid treatment was associated with a 33% reduction in CI-AKI risk.Data source: A meta-analysis of nine randomized...
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Guideline-recommended beta-blockers before noncardiac surgery shown to increase mortality by 27%
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Early thrombolysis benefits moderate and mild stroke patients
Major finding: When treated with early thrombolysis, patients with mild stroke symptoms were 51% more likely to have a 3-month modified Rankin...
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Bivalirudin linked to less bleeding, but more severe complications, vs. eptifibatide
Major finding: Among bivalirudin bleeding cases, 70% were severe, compared with 35% of eptifibatide cases. Data Source: Retrospective case-cohort...
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CABG mortality goal elusive without process improvements
Major finding: The STS PROM was significantly correlated with coronary artery bypass grafting mortality in both linear (odds ratio 1.89; P less...