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- Sitagliptin/metformin once-daily combo approved for diabetesFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- The extended-release combination of sitagliptin and metformin joins saxagliptin/metformin as a once-daily tablet for type 2 diabetes.
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- No recurrent stroke prevention seen with clopidogrel plus aspirinFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- A new study shows that the combination of clopidogrel and aspirin increases risk of hemorrhage and mortality, including nonvascular mortality, vs aspirin alone.
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- Heart failure linked to loss of brain gray matterFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- Heart failure is associated with a decline in mental function and loss of gray matter in the brain, which may make it more difficult for patients to follow instructions regarding their medication, a...
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- Photos on school lunch trays boost veggie intakeFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- A simple intervention, whereby photographs of green beans and carrots were placed in lunch trays in a school cafeteria, has had some success in boosting consumption of these vegetables among...
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- Aspirin as effective as warfarin in heart failure: WARCEFFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- Although there was an edge for warfarin for those treated for four or more years, there is "no compelling" reason to anticoagulate these patients, researchers say.
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- "Tetherless" power-transmission technology could radically change LVAD therapyFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- New wireless technology used to power implantable ventricular assist devices has the potential to make them far safer than ever before and bring the therapy to patients at earlier stages of heart...
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- CMS draft of proposed coverage for TAVIFriday, February 3rd, 2012
- The CMS has issued a draft of the conditions under which it will provide coverage for transcatheter aortic-valve replacements, as the technology begins to be rolled out in the US.
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- Severe anemia potent predictor of death poststrokeThursday, February 2nd, 2012
- Study results should prompt physicians to take a closer look at what's causing anemia in stroke patients.
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- Cardiac telemetry identifies AF in cryptogenic strokeThursday, February 2nd, 2012
- Outpatient monitoring for 21 days detected atrial fibrillation in 17% of patients, and this could change management.
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- The flap over flavonoidsThursday, February 2nd, 2012
- The field of flavonoids and polyphenols continues to attract a massive amount of interest, from researchers and the public alike. But can health really be improved by eating chocolate and drinking...
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- Severe, rapid memory loss could herald strokeThursday, February 2nd, 2012
- A new study finds that victims of fatal stroke had sharp memory declines before the event.
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- Dr Mandeep Mehra leaves Baltimore for post at the BrighamWednesday, February 1st, 2012
- The accomplished specialist in advanced heart failure is taking on new challenges at the head of the Boston institution's Advanced Heart Disease Center.
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- "Cardiovascular health," new focus of the AHA, linked with reduced mortalityWednesday, February 1st, 2012
- Individuals meeting five of seven cardiovascular health metrics outlined by the American Heart Association had a significantly lower risk of all-cause mortality and deaths from diseases of the...
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- US "roadmap" for TAVI rollout publishedWednesday, February 1st, 2012
- A new US expert-consensus document on transcatheter aortic-valve implantation aims to smooth the rollout of this new technology stateside.
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- Restenosis similar with carotid stenting or surgery: CRESTWednesday, February 1st, 2012
- At two years, carotid restenosis is infrequent and appears similar whether patients were treated with carotid stenting or endarterectomy.
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- Stroke risk linked to infections in childrenWednesday, February 1st, 2012
- A new study finds the risk is highest closer to infection, then tapers off.
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- Combination type 2 diabetes pill gets FDA nodTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- The new treatment option combines linagliptin and metformin in a single tablet taken twice daily in adults with type 2 diabetes who require more than one medication to lower blood glucose.
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- Shifty and dangerous: Worsening diastolic dysfunction ups mortalityTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- Actually, it was just as strong a mortality predictor as worsening systolic function in a retrospective series of patients followed with echocardiography.
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- "Valve-on-a-stick" transaortic TAVI offers alternative to transfemoral routeTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- A growing number of centers, especially in Europe, are trying a third route for transcatheter valve implants in select patients. Instead of threading the device from the femoral artery or up through...
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- New data will shed light on cancer risk from imagingTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- Ongoing epidemiological studies in children who have undergone CT scans should help provide a better understanding of radiation-associated cancer risks from cardiac imaging over the next few years.
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- Dr Robert Harrington leaves DCRI for Stanford UniversityTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- UPDATED // Dr Robert Harrington has been named the chair of the department of medicine at Stanford University and will be leaving Duke University, where he has worked for the past 22 years.
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- PARTNER CAP data show transapical outcomes improve with practiceTuesday, January 31st, 2012
- Only 104 of the 799 high-risk patients in the PARTNER A trial of the Sapien transcatheter valve were treated with the transapical approach, so it can be considered to be only the preliminary...
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- SYNTAX, FAME trials influence update to PCI/CABG appropriate-use criteriaMonday, January 30th, 2012
- The document somewhat expands the appropriateness of PCI in some patients with left main coronary disease, among other indications.
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- Once-weekly exenatide okayed by FDA for type 2 diabetesMonday, January 30th, 2012
- The FDA approved the once-weekly version of exenatide for type 2 diabetes with a list of required postmarketing studies on the potential for cardiovascular events and medullary thyroid carcinoma.
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- Statins reduce cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in women: Meta-analysisMonday, January 30th, 2012
- Based on the meta-analysis, which included 18 clinical trials, investigators conclude that the benefits of statin therapy for the reduction of cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality extend...
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- Women do better after TAVI, hints small studyMonday, January 30th, 2012
- The first foray into possible gender differences in presentation and outcome among patients undergoing TAVI for severe aortic stenosis hints that women may fare better than men after this procedure.
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- ASCERT: Better survival for CABG vs PCI in some high-risk patientsMonday, January 30th, 2012
- The ASCERT study, a unique collaboration between the CMS, ACC, and STS, compares survival rates with bypass surgery and PCI in over 190 000 patients.
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- Interarm BP differences increase CVD riskMonday, January 30th, 2012
- New research indicates that large differences in systolic blood pressure between the right and left arm of 15 mm Hg or more point to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death. The...
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- 3B or not 3B? Should patients get an LVAD before reaching end-stage HF?Monday, January 30th, 2012
- Experts debated the evidence supporting the expansion of LVAD therapy to patients whose heart failure has not yet progressed to the so-called end stage.
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- Surgeons insist TAVI reimbursement rollout won't be repeat of carotid-stenting debacleMonday, January 30th, 2012
- Now that the FDA has approved a transcatheter aortic valve, cardiac surgeons and cardiologists are working together to put all of their ducks in a row to secure national Medicare coverage for the...
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- Don't routinely replace spent ICDs: ProposalFriday, January 27th, 2012
- It may have little to offer and it might not be what the patient wants, argues a perspective in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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- Data mixed on role of parents and caregivers in combating childhood obesityFriday, January 27th, 2012
- Despite the mixed data from the clinical trials, experts say there are some parenting strategies, such as monitoring unhealthy behaviors and positive reinforcement, that are helpful in getting...
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- More data needed on carotid atherosclerosis, CMS advisers agreeFriday, January 27th, 2012
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Medicare Evidence Development & Coverage Advisory Committee met to once again discuss the latest available evidence on different treatments of...
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- Contaminated cardiac drugs kill more than 100 in PakistanFriday, January 27th, 2012
- More than 100 people have died in Pakistan and hundreds more have been hospitalized after having received contaminated cardiac drugs.
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- Riata Summit insights: Vigilance key to following functional but "recalled" ICD leadsFriday, January 27th, 2012
- UPDATED // Most attending the recent Riata ICD lead summit felt that fluoroscopic screening of Riata recipients was a reasonable thing to do, at odds with some recommendations; remote monitoring has...
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- Proximal balloon superior to distal protection in carotid artery stentingThursday, January 26th, 2012
- Proximal balloon-occlusion devices do not cross the lesion before it is stented, which helps to significantly reduce embolic load in the brain during the carotid procedure, according to researchers.
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- Dr Gary Roubin to resign as CV chair at Lenox HillThursday, January 26th, 2012
- The cardiologist is best known for his work in carotid stenting and as coinventor of the first FDA-approved coronary stent. He also made headlines when he was tasked with rebuilding the...
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- Heart attack deaths plummet in three EU nationsThursday, January 26th, 2012
- New statistics from Denmark, England, and Poland show a roughly 50% drop in deaths due to acute AMI in recent decades.
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- Heart disease risk begins with middle-age risk factorsWednesday, January 25th, 2012
- Risk-factor-reduction efforts are usually based on short-term risk scores, but most Americans at low risk for cardiovascular disease over the next 10 years are actually at much higher risk for heart...
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- Cardiologists flagging woeful patient care say they paid with their jobsWednesday, January 25th, 2012
- An echocardiographer and cardiac surgeon who say their jobs were axed in retaliation after they lodged numerous complaints of substandard patient care at a county hospital in Santa Clara are suing...
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- Vytorin US label updated with SHARP resultsWednesday, January 25th, 2012
- But the FDA has not allowed an official indication for chronic-kidney-disease patients, which has concerned investigators who conducted the trial.
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- Pay for SGR repeal with war savings, say medical groupsTuesday, January 24th, 2012
- A letter to Rep Dave Camp from 110 medical societies admits that war savings from military pullbacks are a "budget gimmick" but says they could retire SGR debt, another budget gimmick.
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- Black tea lowers blood pressure in small trialTuesday, January 24th, 2012
- Three daily cups, which provided approximately 400 mg/day of polyphenols, reduced systolic and diastolic blood pressure between 2 to 3 mm Hg, according to researchers.
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- PLATO: PPI analysis "raises flag" but should not change practiceTuesday, January 24th, 2012
- A new analysis of the PLATO study has found that use of a proton-pump inhibitor was independently associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular events but that this was apparent in both the...
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- Carotid images don't boost quit rates or cut CV risk factors in smokersMonday, January 23rd, 2012
- A new randomized controlled trial is the latest addition to a contentious field of research trying to establish whether "seeing is believing" when it comes to motivating cardiovascular risk reduction.
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- Cardiologists accused of defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary cardiac proceduresMonday, January 23rd, 2012
- A new whistle-blower lawsuit filed in US District Court claims that five cardiologists from two medical practices in Erie, PA defrauded Medicare by performing unnecessary cardiac and vascular...
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- Gifts, pep talks have some success post-PCI and in hypertensionMonday, January 23rd, 2012
- Some of the first research showing that positive affect interventions—including phone calls to bolster self-affirming thoughts and small gifts—generate some success in post-PCI and...
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- To prescribe or not to prescribe: That is the statin question, experts debateMonday, January 23rd, 2012
- The two very different sides of the statin argument are debated today in the Wall Street Journal, with Dr Roger Blumenthal arguing the drugs prevent heart disease in patients with cardiovascular risk...
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- "Recalled" Riata ICD leads: Brainstorming conference aims for guidanceFriday, January 20th, 2012
- The lead failures can take years to manifest with inappropriate shocks or a variety of other issues, or they may not cause problems at all. There could be more agreement on how to manage the patients...
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- EMA investigating CV problems with fingolimodFriday, January 20th, 2012
- Physicians are being advised to intensify cardiovascular monitoring after the first dose of the new oral agent for multiple sclerosis.
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- Dapagliflozin declined by FDAThursday, January 19th, 2012
- The US Food and Drug Administration has denied approval for the novel diabetes drug dapagliflozin, asking codevelopers Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca to provide more studies.
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- Lower mortality rates at two years with transradial PCI, Italian registry showsThursday, January 19th, 2012
- In a propensity-score-matching analysis, the mortality rate at two years was 8.8% among patients treated via the radial artery and 11.4% in the femoral-PCI patients, a statistically significance...
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- Pillow talk: First AHA advice on sex and CVDThursday, January 19th, 2012
- The first-ever guidance on sexual activity and cardiovascular disease from the AHA encourages doctors, patients, and their partners to discuss the subject during consultations. The majority of those...
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- Treat risk and not LDL-cholesterol targets, new perspective arguesThursday, January 19th, 2012
- In focusing on patient risk, rather than LDL-cholesterol treatment targets, doctors would improve patient outcomes and reduce adverse effects and costs that result from treating low-risk, low-benefit...
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- "High-normal" blood pressure linked to AFWednesday, January 18th, 2012
- Upper-normal levels of blood pressure in otherwise-healthy middle-aged men appear to predict a higher risk for the development of atrial fibrillation in older age, a new study suggests.
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- New AF ablation programs need time, money, and dataWednesday, January 18th, 2012
- Starting up an atrial fibrillation ablation program takes more than just a couple of skilled electrophysiologists, Dr Rodney Horton explained at the Boston Atrial Fibrillation Symposium.
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- FFR shows benefit in FAME II; enrollment haltedWednesday, January 18th, 2012
- An interim analysis of the FAME II study shows a significant benefit of fractional-flow-reserve-guided stenting plus optimal medical therapy over and above optimal medical therapy alone; as a result...
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- Mortality climbs with rising PA pressure in heart failure: Community-based studyWednesday, January 18th, 2012
- The finding in a broad community-based HF population confirms and extends what is recognized in the hospital setting.
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- Contemporary look at VTE after joint surgeryTuesday, January 17th, 2012
- One in 100 patients who have knee-replacement surgery and one in 200 who undergo hip replacement will have a venous thromboembolic event in the hospital, despite receiving modern anticoagulant...
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- BRIDGE study published: Cangrelor suited for important antiplatelet nicheTuesday, January 17th, 2012
- The intravenous antiplatelet with a very short half-life is the ideal candidate for bridging patients on clopidogrel or other thienopyridines to surgery, the authors say.
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- NHANES: One in three adults, one in six children obeseTuesday, January 17th, 2012
- Obesity continues to be a significant public health problem in the US, affecting more than one-third of US adults and 17% of children and adolescents, but 2009-2010 data suggest trends may have...
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- Dronedarone gets another chance to prove itself in ranolazine combo trialMonday, January 16th, 2012
- Researchers of the beleaguered antiarrhythmic dronedarone believe the drug may still have a role to play in AF therapy for some patients and are testing it as a low-dose complement to another newer...
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- CCTA is less useful in patients with high calcium scoreMonday, January 16th, 2012
- The diagnostic accuracy of any test depends largely on disease prevalence in the tested population. CORE-64 researchers looked at how calcium scores could help identify patients with such a high...
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- Thoracic endoprosthesis gets traumatic transection approvalMonday, January 16th, 2012
- The FDA has expanded approval for the Gore TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis to include treatment of "life-threatening tears or ruptures of the aorta."
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- New AF ablation consensus doc previewed at Boston AF symposiumFriday, January 13th, 2012
- A group of 45 AF experts from North America and Europe will soon publish a major update to the 2007 international clinical consensus statement for the use of catheter and surgical ablation for the...
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- Resveratrol scientists react to Das fraud scandal: "Research will continue"Friday, January 13th, 2012
- As the controversy over the research fraud allegations against Dr Dipak Das enters its third day, researchers told heartwire what the news means for the field of resveratrol research and, more...
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- Yoga therapy for AF yields insight into brain-heart axisFriday, January 13th, 2012
- Yoga has shown to help some patients manage atrial fibrillation, so researchers are moving forward with investigations of yoga's influence on cardiac autonomics to better understand the biology of...
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- FDA: CardioGen-82 problems site-specificFriday, January 13th, 2012
- The generators, used in cardiac nuclear scans, were recalled by the manufacturer last summer, and the FDA previously found fault with manufacturing processes. Now the FDA says the excessive radiation...
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- Red-wine researcher charged with photo-editing fraudFriday, January 13th, 2012
- A University of Connecticut investigation found Dr Dipak K Das guilty of falsifying and fabricating images that appeared in published research.
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- US bleeding ADRs higher with dabigatran than warfarinThursday, January 12th, 2012
- There is particular concern over use of dabigatran in the elderly, in whom there has been a high number of bleeds, including intracranial hemorrhages, reported to the FDA.
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- Silent atrial fibrillation increases stroke riskThursday, January 12th, 2012
- A new study finds device-detected atrial tachyarrhythmias occur frequently and are associated with a significant increase in risk for stroke and systemic embolism.
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- Very low risk of cardiac arrest and sudden death in long-distance running eventsWednesday, January 11th, 2012
- Despite the high-profile deaths of seemingly healthy runners at marathons in the past few years, new data show that the risk of cardiac arrest and sudden death during marathon and half-marathon...
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- Statins cost four times more in US than UKWednesday, January 11th, 2012
- UPDATED // Based on 2005 numbers, American private insurers paid as much as 400% more for statins than the UK government was paying over the same period. Even for statins sold as brand-name drugs in...
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- Inactivity is a universal risk factor for heart attackWednesday, January 11th, 2012
- New findings from the INTERHEART study show that being physically active during leisure and work time protects against MI. The message is simple, say the authors: incorporate as much physical...
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- Pulmonary hypertension in kids differs from adult PAHTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- A new registry of children with pulmonary hypertension is helping to differentiate the pediatric population with this disease from the adult one and should aid in better diagnosis and treatment of...
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- Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism raise mortality riskTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- First-time venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism dramatically increases the long-term mortality rate in individuals with and without malignancy, according to a recent study.
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- Serum potassium targets in acute MI need rethink, analysis suggestsTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- Recommendations to routinely raise serum potassium levels when ventricular arrhythmias are a concern may be based on outmoded data, according to authors of one of the largest analyses of its kind.
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- GWTG improves AMI care in Asian AmericansTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- The new data suggest that among participating hospitals in the GWTG program, equitable quality care for many performance measures can be attained across racial and ethnic groups, including Asian...
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- New DES best older stents for deaths, restenosis in latest SCAAR dataTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- The latest data from the Swedish registry that launched the international furor over stent thrombosis with drug-eluting stents is now providing reassuring data about the safety and efficacy of the...
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- Aspirin in primary prevention: New meta-analysis finds bleeding outweighs benefits for mostTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- But there may be a case for aspirin treatment in certain individuals at high risk of heart disease or with a family history of cancer.
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- New guidelines suggest blood glucose testing for all inpatientsTuesday, January 10th, 2012
- New clinical-practice guidelines from the Endocrine Society say all patients should have a glucose test on admission to the hospital and describe optimal management of hyperglycemia in patients who...
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- Aortic stenosis grading system misses rare, high-risk groupMonday, January 9th, 2012
- A new study has examined the clinical outcomes of asymptomatic aortic-stenosis patients classified by valve area plus flow-gradient patterns instead of the older, inherently inconsistent system based...
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- Statin use associated with significantly increased risk of diabetes: WHI analysisMonday, January 9th, 2012
- New data from the Women's Health Initiative hint that the risk of diabetes is higher than suggested by previous studies, with investigators reporting a 48% increased risk of diabetes among women...
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- Bereavement triggers MI, new study findsMonday, January 9th, 2012
- Bereaved people are 21 times more likely to suffer an MI the day after the death of a significant other, and this heightened risk remains for as long as a month afterward, new research finds....
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- Dabigatran: New data on MI and ischemic eventsMonday, January 9th, 2012
- The question of MI risk with dabigatran is in the spotlight once again, with two new papers on the subject published within the last few days.
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- UK's NICE wants more data on rivaroxaban in AFMonday, January 9th, 2012
- The UK drugs cost-efficacy watchdog, NICE, has asked for more data from Bayer before it will sanction use of rivaroxaban for stroke prevention in atrial-fibrillation patients.
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- Informed consent questioned in Florida patient's death after stem-cell treatmentFriday, January 6th, 2012
- A Florida cardiologist is accused of malpractice after a patient treated with a novel stem-cell therapy died of a brain infarct.
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- MitraClip: Encouraging results in nonsurgical patientsFriday, January 6th, 2012
- While the clip did appear to reduce mitral regurgitation and improve remodeling in patients unsuitable for surgery in the EVEREST II trial, problems with the comparator group make the results...
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- Complications, rehospitalizations not uncommon post-AF ablationThursday, January 5th, 2012
- Little is known about the complication rates for atrial fibrillation outside of academic hospitals and Medicare data, so researchers in California analyzed data from a state database to estimate the...
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- Novel LDL-gene-targeted agent promisingThursday, January 5th, 2012
- Suppressing the activity of PCSK9, a gene known to mediate low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol metabolism, cut LDL-C levels in a small dose-ranging study.
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- Excess calories, not proportion of dietary protein, key in causing obesityThursday, January 5th, 2012
- Excessive food intake, rather than the mix of protein, fat, and carbohydrates, has been implicated in causing obesity and is key in treating it.
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- RESPECT PFO/stroke trial completes enrollmentWednesday, January 4th, 2012
- After eight years of sluggish patient accrual, the RESPECT trial looking at the Amplatzer device for the prevention of cryptogenic stroke has finally collected enough events for the trial to be...
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- Public Citizen requests recall of the Wingspan stentWednesday, January 4th, 2012
- A consumer-advocacy group argues that the Wingspan Stent System provides less benefit and causes more harm than aggressive medical treatment alone.
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- BRCA1 cancer gene affects cardiac functionWednesday, January 4th, 2012
- Canadian researchers have discovered that the BRCA1 gene is implicated in cardiac function, at least in mice. The findings may also have implications for cancer sufferers who have mutations in this...
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- Rivaroxaban filed for ACS in US and EUWednesday, January 4th, 2012
- The factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban has been filed for approval for the additional indication of secondary prevention in acute coronary syndrome in both the US and EU.
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- Type 2 diabetes adds risk to tissue valvesTuesday, January 3rd, 2012
- Type 2 diabetes is a known determinant of degeneration of both native and prosthetic valve implants, so a group of Italian researchers investigated whether bioprosthetic valves also degenerate faster...
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- Bariatric surgery reduces CV events, but mechanisms remain a mysteryTuesday, January 3rd, 2012
- The latest data from the Swedish Obese Subjects study show that bariatric surgery reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and CV death among obese individuals, compared with usual care. But weight...
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- US leads in shorter hospital stays, early readmission after STEMITuesday, January 3rd, 2012
- Patients with ST-segment-elevation MI were more likely to be hospitalized again within a month if they had been treated in the US, and American patients had the shortest initial hospitalization, in a...
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- PCNA: Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses AssociationSunday, January 1st, 2012
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- The Patient-Centered Medical Home: The Ideal “Location” for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention?Sunday, January 1st, 2012
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