Cardiology
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PCI in noninfarct coronaries helps STEMI patients
Major finding: Preventive PCI of significant, noninfarct-related coronary stenoses in acute STEMI cut the combined rate of death from cardiac...
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Prasugrel pretreatment ups bleeding risk in NSTE ACS
Major finding: The rate of major ischemic events was similar (10.0% vs. 9.8%), but the rate of TIMI major bleeding episodes through day 7 was...
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TASTE: Thrombus aspiration has no mortality benefit in STEMI
Major finding: All-cause mortality at 30 days was 2.8% with thrombus aspiration plus PCI vs.
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High-dose, high-potency statins reduced dementia risk
Major finding: For total equivalent statin dosage, the hazard ratios for dementia were 0.773 (low dosage), 0.632 (medium), 0.332 (high), compared...
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Policy statement outlines components of successful stroke care
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Fruits, not vegetables, seen to lower AAA risk
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Acute onset arthritis possible with clopidogrel
Major finding: Clopidogrel-induced arthritis occurred within 3 weeks of treatment initiation.Data Source: A case report and literature review....
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Southern states highest in hypertension
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The cholesterol plateau
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Subcutaneous ICD effective at VT/VF conversion, with few inappropriate shocks
Major finding: A totally subcutaneous ICD device corrected 92% of ventricular tachycardia and 97% of ventricular fibrillation episodes, with a 13...
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Estrogen-related VTE shows low recurrence rate
Major finding: Women whose otherwise unprovoked venous thromboembolism occurred while they were on estrogen had 60% fewer recurrences than did...