Cardiology
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Stroke outcomes poorer when criteria precluded endovascular therapy
Major finding: Acute ischemic stroke patients excluded from endovascular intervention because they failed to meet perfusion imaging criteria were...
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COPD may boost risk of cerebral microbleeds
Major finding: Patients with COPD had a significantly higher prevalence of cerebral microbleeds, compared with patients with normal lung function...
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Swedish NSTEMI registry suggests comparability of heparin, bivalirudin
Major finding:NSTE-ACS patients treated with heparin or bivalirudin had similar 30-day mortality rates following PCI. Data source: An analysis of...
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FDA approves PCC to reverse warfarin-induced acute bleeding
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High-sensitivity troponin T assay shows prognostic superiority
Major Finding: Patients with suspected high-risk non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome had a 30-day incidence of cardiovascular death or new MI...
Clinical Review
Scuba Diving Safety: A Case Report of Diving Injury in the Red Sea
A 28-year-old, previously healthy woman presented to the ED of Jacobi Medical Center, New York City, with bilateral shoulder and knee pain and...
Clinical Review
Scuba Diving Safety: A Case Report of Diving Injury in the Red Sea
A 28-year-old, previously healthy woman presented to the ED of Jacobi Medical Center, New York City, with bilateral shoulder and knee pain and...
Conference Coverage
STREAM trial endorses fibrinolysis-first in selected STEMIs
Major finding: The 30-day composite rate of death, shock, congestive heart failure, or reinfarction in STEMI patients was 12.4% in those...
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One-year outcomes support emergency department CCTA
Major finding: Patients negative for coronary disease by CT angiography had a 0.2% rate of cardiac death or myocardial infarction at 1-year follow...