Cardiology
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Ticagrelor not superior to clopidogrel in peripheral artery disease
Ticagrelor wasn’t better than clopidogrel at preventing cardiovascular events in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease.
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Hypotension ‘dose’ drives mortality in traumatic brain injury
The duration and severity of hypotension a traumatic brain injury patient has during transport to an emergency department has a significant,...
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VIDEO: PCI outcomes lag in women, minorities
Women and minority-group patients have significantly worse outcomes, compared with white men, following percutaneous coronary intervention
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Detecting PH in IPF ‘more art than science’
When it comes to the optimal management of pulmonary hypertension in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, there are more questions than...
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AHA Late-Breaking Clinical Trials preview
BIG: That’s the theme for the upcoming American Heart Association annual scientific sessions, and many of the late-breaking clinical trials to be...
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Diabetes drugs with cardiovascular benefits broaden cardiology’s turf
Some cardiologists are acting like diabetologists now that they have antidiabetic drugs that can reduce CVD events in patients with type 2...
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Cardiorespiratory fitness improves survival after depression
ROME – Cardiorespiratory fitness has a strong inverse relationship with acute MI and all-cause mortality risks in depressed patients.
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Scoring formula consolidates stroke, bleeding risk in atrial fib patients
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Carotid stenting tied to cardiovascular events in real-world study
ROME – Carotid stenting was associated with a 30% higher risk of cardiovascular events than that of carotid endarterectomy during 12 years of...
From the Journals
Cancer type, age at time of diagnosis implicated in risk of CVD-related deaths
A clearer picture of the dangers posed by cardiotoxicity is emerging after U.K. researchers found that survivorship rates among those diagnosed...
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Mitral valve disease often missed in pulmonary hypertension
There is no such thing as a pulmonary artery pressure too high to be explained by mitral valve disease.