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CARPREG II fine-tunes assessment of cardiac complication risk in pregnancy
The new risk index improves on its predecessor by integrating general, lesion-specific, and delivery-of-care variables, investigators say.
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For in-stent restenosis, everolimus-eluting stents topped drug-eluting balloons
At 3 years, 7.1% of patients given everolimus-eluting stents required target lesion revascularization versus 15.6% of patients given drug-eluting...
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Canagliflozin linked to lower HbA1c levels in younger patients
BOSTON – Improvements were more pronounced in patients younger than 65 years at baseline.
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VIDEO: Diabetes patients achieve lipid goals on alirocumab
BOSTON – The PCSK9 inhibitor performed in T2DM.
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Specialty practices hire more physician assistants and nurse practitioners
Overall, 28% of all specialty practices employed advanced practice clinicians in 2016 – a 22% increase from 2008.
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Hematocrit improvement with SGLT2 inhibitor: Not just a diuretic effect?
BOSTON – New study explores mechanisms beyond those already known or suspected.
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VIDEO: First year after bariatric surgery critical for HbA1c improvement
BOSTON – Acute weight loss may have long-term implications.
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Diabetes spending topped $101 billion in 2013
Higher drug costs have been the main driver of spending growth since 1996.
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FDA’s Gottlieb floats ideas on Medicare drug coverage
Trump administration officials are eying office-administered drugs in crowded therapeutic categories for the switch from Medicare Part B to...
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VIDEO: CASTLE-AF suggests atrial fibrillation burden better predicts outcomes
Post hoc analysis of heart failure patients in CASTLE-AF trial suggests that residual AF burden is better than AF recurrence at predicting bad...
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Heart rate variability may be risk factor for depression, not a consequence
Depressive symptoms associated with lower heart rate variability at follow-up appeared to be linked to antidepressant use.