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Adult congenital heart disease guideline gets 10-year update, new classification system
August 16, 2018
New data in the expanding range of adults with congenital heart disease spurred a revamp of the guidelines.
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Larger vegetation size associated with increased risk of embolism and mortality in infective endocarditis
August 10, 2018
In patients with infective endocarditis, does a vegetation size greater than 10 mm impart a greater embolic risk?
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Catheter ablation of AF in patients with heart failure decreases mortality and HF admissions
August 7, 2018
How does ablation of atrial fibrillation (AF) compare with medical therapy for patients with heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)?
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Ten tips for managing patients with both heart failure and COPD
July 26, 2018
Diagnose them early, treat them early, and build a team of experts and support services with the patients.
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Epinephrine for cardiac arrest: Better survival, more brain damage
July 19, 2018
PARAMEDIC2 clears uncertainties in treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
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New hypertension guidelines would add 15.6 million new diagnoses
July 11, 2018
A new analysis estimates that adopting the 2017 ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines would add 15 million Americans to the ranks of the hypertensives, and half of those would be candidates for treatment.Similar increases would occur in other countries, according to study auth...
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Rebleeding and mortality after lower-GI bleeding in patients taking antiplatelets or anticoagulants
July 11, 2018
Clinical question: Is there a difference in lower GI rebleeding risk in patients on antiplatelet medications versus those on anticoagulation medications?
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Alteplase, aspirin provide similar functional outcomes after nondisabling stroke
July 10, 2018
PRISMS trial results suggest that alteplase offers no benefit over aspirin for functional outcomes after nondisabling acute ischemic stroke.
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DOACs’ safety affirmed in real-world setting
July 9, 2018
Direct oral anticoagulants were linked with lower bleeding risk, regardless of reason for use. One shone brightest.
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New look at ATLAS suggests rivaroxaban may still have role in ACS
July 2, 2018
A reanalysis of the ATLAS ACS 2-TIMI 51 trial separated fatal and nonfatal events.
