Cardiology
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Caffeine-laden drinks emit ‘absolute safety signals’ for teens
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Mediterranean diet may also prevent peripheral artery disease
Major finding: Among older adults at high cardiovascular risk, following a Mediterranean diet supplemented by EVOO for a median of 5 years was...
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Surgeon General report links smoking to diseases beyond cancer
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FDA panel rejects rivaroxaban again for acute coronary syndrome
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PCSK9 antibody shows safety, efficacy to 1 year
Major finding: Treatment with evolocumab every 4 weeks for 1 year safely cut average LDL cholesterol levels by 50%, compared with controls.Data...
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CRT shown highly cost effective in mild heart failure
Major finding: Implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy device in patients with mild heart failure on optimal medical therapy had a...
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FDA panel backs approval of novel antiplatelet drug vorapaxar
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Higher PCI risk in diabetes not due to insulin
Major finding: Five-year rates of death from any cause, nonfatal MI, or nonfatal stroke were 29% in the insulin-treated subgroup and 19% in the...
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Statins reduce recurrent thromboembolism risk
Major finding: Patients on statin therapy had an adjusted 17% lower risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism in the year following their first...
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Low event rates with real-world use of rivaroxaban in NOAC
Major finding: The annual stroke rate with once-daily rivaroxaban was 1.4% and the major bleeding rate was 3.4% among 1,194 patients with atrial...
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Cardiac CT angiography feasible at ultralow radiation doses
Major finding: The effective radiation dose was 1.3 mSv with standard CCTA and 0.2 mSv in the ultralow-dose CCTA group (P less than .001).Data...