Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Study takes fine-grained look at MACE risk with glucocorticoids in RA
The level of risk for MACE rose with the dose, duration, and recency of GC use, and risk increased significantly at prednisone-equivalent doses as...
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Classification identifies four stages of heart attack
“Even inside the hospital, we have heterogeneity in mortality risk. But we are not paying attention to one patient differently than the other,...
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Potential dapagliflozin benefit post MI is not a ‘mandate’
“From my perspective, DAPA-MI does not suggest a new mandate to expand SGLT2 inhibition to an isolated MI population without other SGLT2 inhibitor...
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In MI with anemia, results may favor liberal transfusion: MINT
This study is “not a home run,” for the primary outcome, however, many of the outcomes tended to be in favor of a liberal transfusion strategy.
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Short aspirin therapy noninferior to DAPT for 1 year after PCI for ACS
“This study provides evidence that stopping aspirin within 1 month after implantation of drug-eluting stents for ticagrelor monotherapy is a...
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Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of heart problems, stroke
The latest research indicates that smoking and inhaling cannabis increases concentrations of blood carboxyhemoglobin and tar, similar to the...
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Chinese medicine improves outcomes in STEMI patients
Unlike most traditional Chinese medicine research, the design of this study incorporated all key elements of randomized clinical trials, including...
Commentary
This drug works, but wait till you hear what’s in it
They have generated data that are incredibly exciting, but not because we have a new treatment for ST-elevation MI on our hands; it’s because we...
Conference Coverage
Common meds link to sudden cardiac arrest in type 2 diabetes
“If the patient has type 2 diabetes, then maybe it’s better to avoid some of these medications and try and cope without them, or at least find an...
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CMS ‘million hearts’ CVD risk reduction model works
First-time myocardial infarction and strokes were reduced among Medicare beneficiaries without significant changes in Medicare spending.
From the Journals
CKD linked to cardiac arrest in Hispanic, Latinx patients
“Our study, the first to include feasible numbers of Hispanic or Latino individuals, highlights the importance of renal dysfunction as a risk...