Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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TAVI's Mortality Benefit Sustained at 2 Years in PARTNER
Major Finding: Two-year mortality rates in patients with aortic stenosis who were not candidates for surgery were 43% in those treated with...
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Transfemoral TAVR Edges Surgery on Quality of Life Factors
Major Finding: Compared with surgical aortic valve replacement, transfemoral TAVR yielded better Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire summary...
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Formula Calculates Need for Heart Catheterization in SSc
Major Finding: Patients with a predicted mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) below 25 mm Hg showed a pulmonary hypertension (PH) prevalence of 4...
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Bleeding Events Higher With Antiplatelet Nonadherence
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Low CV Event Rate Prompts Closure of Prasugrel Trial
Major Finding: The 6-month rate of cardiovascular death or MI was exceedingly low whether patients received prasugrel (0%) or clopidogrel (0.5...
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Platelet Inhibition Flags 30-Day Stent Thrombosis Risk
Major Finding: Poor platelet inhibition in response to adenosine diphosphate antagonists as measured by the VerifyNow P2712 test predicted a...
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Point-of-Care Test Permits Tailoring of Antiplatelet Therapy
Major Finding: CYP2C19*2 carriers were less likely to have high platelet reactivity at 1 week if they received point-of-care testing plus...
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TAVR Outcomes: The Milan Experience
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Biodegradable Stent May Lower Late Thrombosis Risk
Major Finding: The relative risk for definite, very late stent thrombosis was 80% lower in years 1-4 after implantation of a biodegradable polymer...
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Bypass Proves No Better Than Drugs in Preventing Stroke
Major Finding: Even though EC-IC bypass surgery improved cerebral hemodynamics, the 2-year rate of recurrent ischemic stroke was not significantly...
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Postsurgery Complications and Readmissions Common, Costly
Major Finding: Postoperative complications developed in 53% of patients who needed readmission within 30 days compared with 16% of patients who...