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VIDEO: Dabigatran effective for myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery
ORLANDO – There’s now treatment for a condition that’s been rarely looked at until now.
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Low vitamin D common in chronically anticoagulated children
SAN DIEGO – Consider testing for vitamin D deficiency to optimize bone health in children receiving frequent anticoagulation.
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MOMENTUM 3 HeartMate 3 LVAD ‘practice changing’
ORLANDO – Landmark trial paves way to much wider use of LVADs as destination therapy.
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Top-selling drugs going to patients with diabetes
Insulins and other diabetes-related drugs made up 12 of the 20 biggest sellers in 2015.
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MDedge Daily News: Improving wearable cardioverter defibrillators
And alirocumab cuts deaths in post–acute coronary syndrome patients.
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Watch for QTc interval prolongation in patients taking antipsychotics
LAS VEGAS – Many potential but rare side effects, primarily arrhythmias, can occur from taking antipsychotic medications.
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Genotype did not significantly affect evacetrapib response
What’s AA genotype got to do with it? Nothing, it turns out.
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CECCY: Carvedilol didn’t curb cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients
ORLANDO – “In short follow up, we can see cardiotoxicity appearing, and we know we have to treat it promptly to prevent cardiac events.”
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Wearable defibrillator cuts mortality in post-MI patients
ORLANDO – It may be time to upgrade guidelines.
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Ticagrelor noninferior to clopidogrel in terms of major bleeds in STEMI
New STEMI data answer some but not all questions.
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ODYSSEY Outcomes trial redefines secondary cardiovascular prevention
ORLANDO – “I believe this trial is going to change practice.” – Valentin Fuster, MD