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SPRINT: Pill burden affects ability to reach systolic BP control
October 1, 2018
CHICAGO – Patients in the SPRINT trial were less likely to meet the intensive treatment goal – systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg – if they were taking five or more medications a day.
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Coagulopathy outbreak underscores danger of synthetic cannabinoids
September 26, 2018
Four patients died after developing spontaneous intracranial bleeding.
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Atrial fib guidelines may fall short on oral anticoagulation
September 25, 2018
Oral anticoagulation threshold according to CHA2DS2-VASc score varied widely after accounting for varying stroke rates in published studies.
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Expert panel updates guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for AF
September 18, 2018
The new guidelines highlight 60 key recommendations from the 12-person expert panel.
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Risk factors for postop cardiac events differ between vascular and general surgery
September 14, 2018
Predictive risk factors for cardiac events after general and vascular surgery differed significantly.
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New stroke intervention guidelines stress volume
September 12, 2018
New guidelines set minimum procedures per year for level 1 and level 2 stroke centers, but leave some wiggle room for centers in underserved regions.
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Factor Xa inhibitors versus vitamin K antagonists for preventing embolism in AF patients
September 10, 2018
Do factor Xa inhibitors reduce the incidence of strokes and systemic embolic events, compared with warfarin, in people with atrial fibrillation?
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Rivaroxaban superior to aspirin for extended VTE treatment
August 29, 2018
Researchers said there is no longer a place for aspirin in extended VTE treatment.
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Outcomes of patients with subsegmental PE with and without anticoagulation
August 29, 2018
Should patients with subsegmental pulmonary embolism be anticoagulated?
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VTE risk unchanged by rivaroxaban after discharge
August 26, 2018
The MARINER study looked at postdischarge rivaroxaban in individuals who had been recently hospitalized and were at an increased risk of venous thromboembolism.
