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New federal health IT leadership, same goals
The physicians at the top of ONC talk about where electronic health records should be.
From the Journals
CPAP doesn’t cut rates of CV events, death
The use of PAP showed no significant association with a range of cardiovascular outcomes.
From the Journals
Counsel low-risk patients case by case on diet, exercise
No risk factors for CVD, no problem!
Conference Coverage
How to pump up the donor heart pool
COLORADO SPRINGS – UNOS data show low EF hearts perform well long term.
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Idarucizumab reversed dabigatran completely and rapidly in study
One drug reversed the anticoagulant effect of another completely and rapidly.
Conference Coverage
Allopurinol and ventricular arrhythmias: Is there a link?
MADRID – The gout drug’s tie to fewer arrhythmias strengthened over time.
Conference Coverage
Optimal age for cardiovascular disease screening remains elusive
SAN FRANCISCO – What level of cardiovascular risk should prompt the use of statins for primary prevention?
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VIDEO: Cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis have decreased over decades
MADRID – Since 2000, the risk ratios for several CV events have declined.
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Lithoplasty tames heavily calcified coronary lesions
PARIS – Novel pre-PCI “lithotripsy inside a balloon” technology is also approved for PAD.
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Amplatzer devices outperform oral anticoagulation in atrial fib
PARIS – Greater net clinical benefit documented in registry.
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Bad news keeps piling up for Absorb coronary scaffold
PARIS – AIDA trial finds an alarming nearly fourfold increase in device thrombosis.