Cardiology
News
COPD may boost risk of cerebral microbleeds
Major finding: Patients with COPD had a significantly higher prevalence of cerebral microbleeds, compared with patients with normal lung function...
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Longer duration of obesity linked to coronary calcification
Major Finding: Among subjects with overall obesity of more than 20 years’ duration, 38.2% were found to have coronary artery calcification, as...
Conference Coverage
Exercise in young adulthood may pay dividends to brain later
Major finding: Among adults followed for 25 years, low physical activity levels were associated with nearly twofold greater odds of cognitive...
Commentary
Will a novel antibody fix the anticoagulant-bleeding problem?
Applied Evidence
Elevated APTT? How best to follow up
This step-by-step guide will help you refine your approach to an abnormal activated partial thromboplastin time.
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Excessive visceral fat linked to increased risk of CVD, cancer
Major finding: Excessive visceral adipose tissue was associated with a statistically significant increase in risk of cardiovascular disease (HR 1....
News
AMPLIFY: Apixaban beat warfarin on safety in acute VTE
Major finding: Major bleeds occurred in 0.6% of patients on apixaban and 1.8% of patients on warfarin, with similar efficacy. Data source: The...
Conference Coverage
Copeptin helped differential diagnosis of hyponatremia
Major finding: A plasma copeptin level greater than 70 pmol/L in patients presenting with severe hypo-osmolar hyponatremia correlated with a...