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ODYSSEY Outcomes results build on FOURIER
ODYSSEY Outcomes proves benefit of PCSK9 inhibition, but small differences from FOURIER are concerning.
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VEST: Closer tailoring might boost wearable cardioverter defibrillator’s benefit
VEST showed a wearable cardioverter defibrillator cut all-cause deaths but not arrhythmia deaths, suggesting a need for greater patient targeting...
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Post-ACS death lowered in ODYSSEY Outcomes
ORLANDO – Mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events were cut 15%, but that’s not all.
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A health plan ‘down payment’ is one way states are retooling individual mandate
Some states are formulating laws that safeguard the central provisions of the ACA.
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Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors often prescribed inappropriately
Clinical guidelines and advice from the Choosing Wisely campaign recommend against the routine use of pulmonary vasodilators for patients with...
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MDedge Daily News: Time to raise the bar on diabetes blood sugar levels
FDA chief chastises payers over high drug prices.
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Postmenopausal women: Walk farther and faster to reduce heart failure risk
To avoid heart failure, what matters? Exercise duration, frequency, pace, or all of the above?
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Revascularization in paraplegics best performed with PCI
WASHINGTON – The first study of its kind showed big differences between CABG and PCI.
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Finding a groove helps patients move
Participants in cardiac stress tests worked harder when listening to upbeat music.
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ACC Day 3: Finishing strong in Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Sessions
Barbershops and anticoagulant reversal agents: ACC 18 vice chair Andrew Kates, MD, highlights two late-breakers.
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Heart attacks soar in young IBD patients
IBD and myocardial infarction share a common risk factor – inflammation.