Cardiology
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AHA: Docs must tackle patient smoking, obesity, poor diet, and inactivity
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Continuous glucose monitoring keeps ICU patients steady
Major finding: ICU patients with continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring remained in their blood glucose target range for 79% of their stay,...
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TAVR shows large survival benefit in diabetes patients
Major finding: In patients with diabetes, 1-year mortality was 18% after TAVR and 27% after SAVR in a post hoc analysis.Data source: The PARTNER I...
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FDA drops access points from Sapien transcatheter valve label
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HFSA13: Health reform, mechanical support devices take center stage
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CLARIFY'ed: Angina's impact on outcomes in stable CAD
Major finding: Patients with stable coronary artery disease who had angina in their daily life but not silent ischemia had a 46% greater 2-year...
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How to foil post-CABG aspirin resistance
Major finding: The median serum thromboxane level on the morning of post CABG day 4 was 13.3 ng/mL in the group on aspirin at 81 mg once daily, 3....
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Prophylactic beta-blockers and noncardiac surgery: It's complicated!
Major finding: Patients with heart failure who were on beta-blocker therapy at the time of noncardiac surgery had a 22% reduction in 30-day major...