Cardiology
Clinical Inquiries
Do asymptomatic adults need screening EKGs?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: PROBABLY NOT. Although certain electrocardiogram (EKG) findings in asymptomatic adults are associated with increased...
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When to think Cushing’s syndrome in type 2 diabetes
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New risk scheme to predict stroke in AF
Major Finding: With the new stroke prediction scheme, 46% of AF patients were classified as having an extremely low (less than 1%) annual risk of...
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Cigna to require counseling for some genetic tests
Guidelines
Guidelines issued on radiation-induced heart disease
PURLs
Should you still recommend omega-3 supplements?
Probably not. A new meta-analysis adds to a growing body of evidence that omega-3 fatty acids do little to protect against heart disease.
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Analysis: Estrogen therapy after hysterectomy may have saved lives
Major finding: A minimum of 18,600 and as many as 91,600 excess deaths occurred between 2002 and 2011 among hysterectomized women aged 50-59 years...
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Novel drug improved walk distance in pulmonary hypertension patients
Major finding: Riociguat significantly improved 6-minute walk distance by a mean of 39 m in patients with thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension...
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TTE, though ‘appropriate,’ changes care in only 32%
Major finding: TTE findings led to an active change in care in only 32% of cases and were considered useful or very useful in fewer than 20% of...
Conference Coverage
Osteoprotegerin ups risk of vascular events in type 1 diabetes
Major finding: Elevated osteoprotegerin levels were a significant independent risk marker for incident cardiovascular events (hazard ratio, 1.21)...
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Poststroke prevention strategies cut dementia risk in half
Major finding: The relative risk for cognitive dysfunction was 0.8-0.9 with the use of recommended antihypertensive, antithrombotic, and lipid-...