Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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CDC: Address high smoking rate among mentally ill
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Hybrid CFV endovenectomy promising, but not for the faint at heart
Major Finding: At 6 months, significant improvements were observed in preoperative scores on the Villalta scale (mean 14 vs. 6; P = .002), Venous...
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Pregnancy and Marfan: New insight into risks
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Orbital atherectomy boosted outcomes for calcified peripheral lesions
Major Finding: At 12 months’ follow-up, the procedural success rate was 93% in 25 patients with severe peripheral artery disease and confirmed...
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Depressed stroke survivors at increased risk of death
Major Finding: Individuals who had stroke and depression had a higher risk of dying of stroke in unadjusted (hazard ratio, 4.06) and adjusted (HR...
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Further STEMI progress requires new focus
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Anticoagulant dabigatran ups the required dose of heparin
Major finding: Of 38 patients prescribed dabigatran during their hospital stay, 5 (13%) received it for unlabeled indications.Data source: A...
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Minimally invasive surgery with sutureless valves shows benefits
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European panel supports radial-artery PCI
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U.S. Finally Shows Radial-Artery PCI Growth
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Radial-artery access aids same-day PCI
Major Finding: Same-day discharge following PCI produced no complications and saved more than $1,800 per patient compared with overnight post-PCI...