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- Sitagliptin/metformin once-daily combo approved for diabetes
- No recurrent stroke prevention seen with clopidogrel plus aspirin
- Heart failure linked to loss of brain gray matter
- Photos on school lunch trays boost veggie intake
- Aspirin as effective as warfarin in heart failure: WARCEF
- "Tetherless" power-transmission technology could radically change LVAD therapy
- CMS draft of proposed coverage for TAVI
- Severe anemia potent predictor of death poststroke
- Cardiac telemetry identifies AF in cryptogenic stroke
- The flap over flavonoids
- Severe, rapid memory loss could herald stroke
- Dr Mandeep Mehra leaves Baltimore for post at the Brigham
- "Cardiovascular health," new focus of the AHA, linked with reduced mortality
- US "roadmap" for TAVI rollout published
- Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CREST
- Stroke risk linked to infections in children
- Combination type 2 diabetes pill gets FDA nod
- Shifty and dangerous: Worsening diastolic dysfunction ups mortality
- "Valve-on-a-stick" transaortic TAVI offers alternative to transfemoral route
- New data will shed light on cancer risk from imaging
- Dr Robert Harrington leaves DCRI for Stanford University
- PARTNER CAP data show transapical outcomes improve with practice
- SYNTAX, FAME trials influence update to PCI/CABG appropriate-use criteria
- Once-weekly exenatide okayed by FDA for type 2 diabetes
- Statins reduce cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in women: Meta-analysis
- Women do better after TAVI, hints small study
- ASCERT: Better survival for CABG vs PCI in some high-risk patients
- Interarm BP differences increase CVD risk
- 3B or not 3B? Should patients get an LVAD before reaching end-stage HF?
- Surgeons insist TAVI reimbursement rollout won't be repeat of carotid-stenting debacle
- Don't routinely replace spent ICDs: Proposal
- Data mixed on role of parents and caregivers in combating childhood obesity
- More data needed on carotid atherosclerosis, CMS advisers agree
- Contaminated cardiac drugs kill more than 100 in Pakistan
- Riata Summit insights: Vigilance key to following functional but "recalled" ICD leads
- Proximal balloon superior to distal protection in carotid artery stenting
- Dr Gary Roubin to resign as CV chair at Lenox Hill
- Heart attack deaths plummet in three EU nations
- Heart disease risk begins with middle-age risk factors
- Cardiologists flagging woeful patient care say they paid with their jobs
- Vytorin US label updated with SHARP results
- Pay for SGR repeal with war savings, say medical groups
- Black tea lowers blood pressure in small trial
- PLATO: PPI analysis "raises flag" but should not change practice
- Carotid images don't boost quit rates or cut CV risk factors in smokers
- Cardiologists accused of defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary cardiac procedures
- Gifts, pep talks have some success post-PCI and in hypertension
- To prescribe or not to prescribe: That is the statin question, experts debate
- "Recalled" Riata ICD leads: Brainstorming conference aims for guidance
- EMA investigating CV problems with fingolimod
- Dapagliflozin declined by FDA
- Lower mortality rates at two years with transradial PCI, Italian registry shows
- Pillow talk: First AHA advice on sex and CVD
- Treat risk and not LDL-cholesterol targets, new perspective argues
- "High-normal" blood pressure linked to AF
- New AF ablation programs need time, money, and data
- FFR shows benefit in FAME II; enrollment halted
- Mortality climbs with rising PA pressure in heart failure: Community-based study
- Contemporary look at VTE after joint surgery
- BRIDGE study published: Cangrelor suited for important antiplatelet niche
- NHANES: One in three adults, one in six children obese
- Dronedarone gets another chance to prove itself in ranolazine combo trial
- CCTA is less useful in patients with high calcium score
- Thoracic endoprosthesis gets traumatic transection approval
- New AF ablation consensus doc previewed at Boston AF symposium
- Resveratrol scientists react to Das fraud scandal: "Research will continue"
- Yoga therapy for AF yields insight into brain-heart axis
- FDA: CardioGen-82 problems site-specific
- Red-wine researcher charged with photo-editing fraud
- US bleeding ADRs higher with dabigatran than warfarin
- Silent atrial fibrillation increases stroke risk
- Very low risk of cardiac arrest and sudden death in long-distance running events
- Statins cost four times more in US than UK
- Inactivity is a universal risk factor for heart attack
- Pulmonary hypertension in kids differs from adult PAH
- Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism raise mortality risk
- Serum potassium targets in acute MI need rethink, analysis suggests
- GWTG improves AMI care in Asian Americans
- New DES best older stents for deaths, restenosis in latest SCAAR data
- Aspirin in primary prevention: New meta-analysis finds bleeding outweighs benefits for most
- New guidelines suggest blood glucose testing for all inpatients
- Aortic stenosis grading system misses rare, high-risk group
- Statin use associated with significantly increased risk of diabetes: WHI analysis
- Bereavement triggers MI, new study finds
- Dabigatran: New data on MI and ischemic events
- UK's NICE wants more data on rivaroxaban in AF
- Informed consent questioned in Florida patient's death after stem-cell treatment
- MitraClip: Encouraging results in nonsurgical patients
- Complications, rehospitalizations not uncommon post-AF ablation
- Novel LDL-gene-targeted agent promising
- Excess calories, not proportion of dietary protein, key in causing obesity
- RESPECT PFO/stroke trial completes enrollment
- Public Citizen requests recall of the Wingspan stent
- BRCA1 cancer gene affects cardiac function
- Rivaroxaban filed for ACS in US and EU
- Type 2 diabetes adds risk to tissue valves
- Bariatric surgery reduces CV events, but mechanisms remain a mystery
- US leads in shorter hospital stays, early readmission after STEMI
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- The Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Ideal “Location” for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention?
