Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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Most With Stable CAD Go Straight to PCI, Skip Optimal Medical Therapy
Major Finding: Of patients with stable CAD undergoing PCI after COURAGE study results were published, 45% received optimal medical therapy before...
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More Neurologic Events With TAVR in PARTNER
Major Finding: Patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement had significantly more neurologic events at 30 days (5.5%) than did those...
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New LV Assist Device Shows Benefits in High-Risk PCI Patients
Major Finding: High-risk patients who were aided during PCI with an LVAD (Impella 2.5) had a 41% rate of major adverse events at 90 days,...
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FDA Expands Approval of RX Acculink Stent
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Drug-Eluting Stents Boosted Survival in Primary PCI Patients
Major Finding: Acute myocardial infarction patients treated with drug-eluting coronary stents had a 16% mortality rate during 5 years of follow-up...
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Trends in CABG, PCI Rates Suggest Many Are Not Treated Optimally
Major Finding: The rate of CABG surgeries declined by approximately one-third and that of PCI procedures fell by 4% between 2001 and 2008, while...
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Preoperative Hyponatremia Points to Dismal Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: In adjusted analysis, preoperative hyponatremia was independently associated with a 52% increase in early mortality and a 56%...