Cardiology
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VIDEO: Internet-based intervention shows antihypertensive efficacy
The added benefit from the e-counseling program was “like adding an additional antihypertensive medication.”
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Digoxin definitively dissed for AF
WASHINGTON – A sharp early increase in sudden death has been documented.
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Get With the Guidelines propels stroke thrombolytic therapy
HOUSTON – GWTG-Stroke may be the key to increased, improved use of tPA for treating patients experiencing a stroke.
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Evolocumab doesn’t make patients dumb
WASHINGTON – Concerns about possible adverse cognitive effects from the new lipid-lowering drug evolocumab and from aggressive lowering of LDL...
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BNP flags high atrial fibrillation prevalence in ESUS stroke
HOUSTON – There is “compelling” evidence for measuring serum BNP levels in patients with ESUS in order to determine who should undergo Holter...
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VIDEO: Evolocumab caused no cognitive issues in FOURIER substudy
WASHINGTON - The PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab showed no effect on memory or cognition in the EBBINGHAUS substudy of FOURIER.
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Evolocumab strikes gold in FOURIER trial
WASHINGTON - A PCSK9 inhibitor reduced hard cardiovascular endpoints on top of statin therapy.
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Moderate exercise benefits hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients
There were clinically meaningful improvements in exercise capacity; patients felt better.
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VIDEO: SURTAVI results ‘tremendously important’ for decision making
TAVR showed noninferiority to surgical replacement, with fewer strokes, in the SURTAVI trial.
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VIDEO: FOURIER and SPIRE show lower LDL is better for longer
Two blockbuster trials, FOURIER and SPIRE, showed that lowering LDL to extremely low levels reduced cardiovascular events.
From the Journals
Stroke in AF patients often preceded by inadequate anticoagulation
More than four of five patients with atrial fibrillation who had an ischemic stroke were not taking adequate anticoagulation beforehand.