Cardiology
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Smartphone device beat Holter for post-stroke AF detection
MONTREAL – In 294 post-stroke patients, atrial fibrillation screening with a smartphone-based device detected more cases than Holter monitoring....
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GARFIELD-AF registry: DOACs cut mortality 19%
MUNICH – Results from a worldwide registry with more than 26,000 atrial fibrillation patients showed better survival with a direct oral...
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Smoking cessation drugs do not increase CV risk
Do pharmacotherapies used in tobacco cessation treatment significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular events?
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SPRINT: Pill burden affects ability to reach systolic BP control
CHICAGO – Patients in the SPRINT trial were less likely to meet the intensive treatment goal – systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg – if they...
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Home telemonitoring for heart failure cuts mortality
MUNICH – Large, national German TIM-HF2 trial also shows fewer hospitalizations than with usual care.
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Atrial fib guidelines may fall short on oral anticoagulation
Oral anticoagulation threshold according to CHA2DS2-VASc score varied widely after accounting for varying stroke rates in published studies.
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Troponin I: Powerful all-cause mortality risk marker in COPD
PARIS – The relationship between increased troponin I and increased all-cause mortality was observed in an on-going prospective multicenter cohort...
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Expert panel updates guidelines on antithrombotic therapy for AF
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
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Pregnancy boosts cardiac disease mortality nearly 100-fold
MUNICH – Registry data from more than 5,700 women with cardiac disease who became pregnant provide insight on complication rates.