Cardiology
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Smoking cessation agents don’t raise serious CVD risks
Major Finding: Bupropion appeared to protect against minor or serious CVD events, varenicline showed no harmful or beneficial effect on minor or...
Conference Coverage
Body fat and cardiovascular risk: Location, location, location!
Major finding: Excess visceral adipose tissue in obese adults was independently associated with increased risk of subsequent cardiovascular...
Conference Coverage
Bromocriptine-QR slashes cardiovascular events in diabetics on metformin
Major finding: The 1-year composite cardiovascular event rate in type 2 diabetic patients on metformin at baseline was 1.3% in patients on quick-...
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Blood pressure control tied to decline in stroke mortality over past 50 years
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High dietary phosphorus linked to increased mortality
Major finding: Of American adults, 35% have a dietary phosphorus intake in excess of 1,400 mg/day, which is associated with a 2.23-fold increased...
Conference Coverage
New-onset hypertension in pregnancy boosts post-delivery risk
Major finding: Women who were normotensive prepregnancy but developed a hypertensive disorder during pregnancy were at 2.4-fold increased risk of...
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Heart failure exacerbation by saxagliptin called ‘real’
Major finding: Treatment with saxagliptin led to a "real" 0.7% increased rate of hospitalization for heart failure, compared with patients on...
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Energy drinks amp up heart contractility
Major finding: One hour after consumption of an energy drink containing caffeine and taurine, mean peak strain increased 7% from baseline and peak...
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Elevated Cardiac Troponins—Not Always an Acute Coronary Syndrome
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Analysis: No such thing as ‘benign’ obesity
Major finding: Overweight and obese patients who were metabolically healthy had similar mortality and cardiovascular outcomes as metabolically...