Thrombosis
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
From the Journals
Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis does not reduce post-thrombotic syndrome risk
The ATTRACT trial results contrast with recent reports from another randomized trial, known as CAVENT.
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Prescribers mostly ignore clopidogrel pharmacogenomic profiling
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Physicians treating ACS patients with an antiplatelet all but ignore their genetically assessed ability to metabolize...
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Keep PCI patients on aspirin for noncardiac surgery
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Perioperative aspirin is more likely to help than harm PCI patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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VIDEO: U.S. hypertension guidelines reset threshold to 130/80 mm Hg
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Thirty million Americans became hypertensive overnight.
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Targeting PCSK9 inhibitors to reap most benefit
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – New FOURIER analyses show where evolocumab packs greatest payoff.
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Direct oral anticoagulants okay during AF device placement
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – The clinical scenario, not hematoma or stroke risk, can guide the decision to continue DOACs during antiarrhythmic device...
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DAPT produces better CABG outcomes than aspirin alone
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Saphenous vein grafts had improved patency with ticagrelor plus aspirin, compared with aspirin alone.
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VIDEO: Evidence mounts for pulmonary embolism benefit from catheter thrombolysis
TORONTO – The treatment may be best suited to intermediate-risk PE patients.
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Late-Breaking Science preview: Tuesday, Nov. 14
Antithrombotic therapy is the focus of the Late-Breaking Science 5 presentation.
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Late-Breaking Science preview: Sunday, Nov. 12
AHA’s top abstract picks for Sunday focus on periprocedural dilemmas.