Cardiology
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AHA statement spotlights severe pediatric obesity
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Fibroblast growth factor 21 promising in treating metabolic disorders
Major finding: Patients with type 2 diabetes who received fibroblast growth factor 21 responded with 40%-50% reductions in serum triglycerides...
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CRT appears deadly in short-QRS patients
Major finding: Cardiovascular death occurred in 9% of patients on active cardiac resynchronization therapy and in 4% of control patients.Data...
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New heart failure inotrope could be ‘Holy Grail’
Major finding: Fifty-one percent of patients with acute heart failure assigned to the high-dose arm in a study of intravenous omecamtiv mecarbil...
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Rate of avoidable heart disease deaths highest in blacks
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Aspirin for primary prevention of CVD: Are the right people using it?
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Cardiovascular ‘polypill’ improved medication adherence, hypertension
Major finding: Rates of adherence to CVD medications were 86.3% for both polypill groups, compared with 64.7% for the control group.Data source:...
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Undetected silent AF is present in 3% of 75-year-olds
Major finding: Five percent of 75- and 76-year-olds in Sweden have untreated atrial fibrillation.
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Aliskiren fails to fight coronary atherosclerosis
Major finding: Change in PAV with aliskiren vs. placebo: -0.33% vs. 0.11%, respectively.Data source: The AQUARIUS randomized placebo-controlled...
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Edoxaban pivotal trial shows VTE efficacy, safety
Major finding: Treatment of acute venous thromboembolism with edoxaban reduced clinically relevant bleeds by a relative 19%, compared with...
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Saxagliptin, alogliptin show cardiovascular safety in randomized trials
Major finding: Percentage of treatment group vs. placebo group patients reaching a composite cardiovascular endpoint in SAVOR-TIMI 53: 7.3% vs. 7....