Cardiology
Applied Evidence
Statin therapy: When to think twice
While statins lower the risk of morbidity and mortality for millions of Americans, recent findings help clarify when a statin—or a statin and...
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Chelation plus vitamins halved cardiovascular events in diabetics
Major finding: A mere 5.5 diabetic patients with a history of MI needed to be treated with a regimen of EDTA chelation plus high-dose...
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FDA lifts rosiglitazone prescribing restrictions
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Chest pain traits didn’t identify MI in women
Major finding: Only 3 of the 34 characteristics of chest pain differed significantly enough between men and women to possibly enhance diagnosis of...
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Advanced pacing slows AF progression in bradycardia
Major finding: Patients with bradycardia, sinus node disease, and a history of atrial fibrillation who were implanted with a dual-chamber...
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Diastolic heart failure and TOPCAT
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AHA/ACC prevention guidelines: Clinician perspective
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VIDEO: Noninvasive test accurate for lesion-specific ischemia
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Noninvasive coronary test accurate for lesion-specific ischemia
Major finding: The per-patient AUC was 0.82 with the FFRCT test, significantly better than 0.63 with CT angiography.Data source: A prospective,...
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TOPCAT: Spironolactone cuts hospitalizations for diastolic heart failure
Major finding: Hospitalization for heart failure with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction occurred at a rate of 3.8 per 100 person-...