Cardiology
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Advise lifestyle change to obese but metabolically healthy women
Major finding: Women with metabolic disorders had a fourfold increase in cardiovascular disease risk, regardless of their body mass index. Data...
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TAVR shows large survival benefit in diabetes patients
Major finding: In patients with diabetes, 1-year mortality was 18% after TAVR and 27% after SAVR in a post hoc analysis.Data source: The PARTNER I...
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FDA drops access points from Sapien transcatheter valve label
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Full-dose beta-blockers still show heart failure benefit
Major finding: Heart failure patients on recommended beta-blocker dosages had 33% fewer deaths or hospitalizations than did patients on lower...
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HDL hypothesis takes yet another hit
Major finding: The investigational oral HDL-raising agent RVX-208 reduced percent atheroma volume as measured by IVUS by 40% from baseline, a...
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Even low arsenic exposure linked to cardiovascular disease
Major Finding: Compared with subjects who had the lowest urinary levels of inorganic arsenic, those with the highest levels were at increased risk...
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Insulin-triggered hypoglycemia poses less danger
Major finding: Severe hypoglycemia during standard, oral dysglycemia treatment produced 70% more cardiovascular outcomes than did severe...
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Losartan shown effective in Marfan syndrome
Major finding: The rate of aortic root enlargement during 3 years of prospective follow-up was 0.77 mm in losartan-treated patients with Marfan...
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CLARIFY'ed: Angina's impact on outcomes in stable CAD
Major finding: Patients with stable coronary artery disease who had angina in their daily life but not silent ischemia had a 46% greater 2-year...
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Just over a third of hypertensive kidney patients are at target BP
Major finding: Of a large group of patients with chronic kidney disease and comorbid hypertension, 36% were at the blood pressure goal of less...
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CHA2DS2-VASc score performs best in assessing atrial fibrillation stroke risk
Major finding: During 5 years of prospective follow-up of patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, 145 patients who had a stroke, transient...