Cardiology
News
Cangrelor during PCI reduces heart attack risk
Major finding: Compared to clopidogrel, cangrelor reduced the risk of death, myocardial infarction, ischemic events, and stent thrombosis by 22%...
News
PREVAIL trial of Watchman device meets safety endpoint
Major finding: The primary safety endpoint, The 7-day composite rate of death, ischemic stroke, systemic embolism, or device-related...
Commentary
Early BMI affects heart weight decades later
News
Straight talk partially counters bias towards PCI
Major finding: Sixty-nine percent of patients who were uninformed that PCI doesn’t reduce MI risk said that they would choose to undergo PCI to...
News
PREVAIL trial results presentation pulled from ACC lineup
Commentary
Diagnosis of DVT
News
Rivaroxaban ACS indication remains unapproved, manufacturer says
News
Heart teams inch into routine cardiac practice
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Stroke thrombolysis can be done safely outside ICU
Major Finding: Three hundred and two consecutive acute ischemic stroke patients admitted to a stroke unit for intravenous tissue plasminogen...
Audio
Continue aspirin after a bleeding episode?
Clinical Inquiries
Should preparticipation physicals for school-aged athletes include routine EKGs?
EVIDENCE-BASED ANSWER: PROBABLY NOT. Although some European and international experts recommend that all athletes undergo preparticipation...