A randomized trial in more than 45,000 men has suggested that cardiovascular screening including cardiac imaging, blood pressure measurement and blood tests, plus treatment if needed, may lower the risk of death, heart attack ...
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Two myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) tests for selecting patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) for invasive testing have high specificity but low sensitivity in patients who have undergone coronary computed ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Selection of non-infarct related artery (IRA) lesions for intervention using fractional flow reserve (FFR) is superior to routine angiography-based selection in patients with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel disease. ...
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A novel artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm accurately estimates the risk of heart disease caused by cumulative exposure to cholesterol and blood pressure levels and the benefits of lowering both—thus providing the essential ...
Aug 29, 2022
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In patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and chronic coronary disease, an invasive strategy does not reduce the five-year risk of death compared to a conservative strategy. That's the finding of late breaking research ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Long-term low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol lowering with evolocumab is safe and well tolerated and leads to further reductions in cardiovascular events compared with shorter treatment, according to late breaking ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Sacubitril/valsartan is superior to ramipril in high-risk survivors of acute myocardial infarction, according to a post hoc win ratio analysis of the PARADISE-MI trial presented in a Hot Line session on 29 August at ESC Congress ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Finerenone does not reduce the risk of all-cause death in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease but does lower the likelihood of sudden cardiac death, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line ...
Aug 29, 2022
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The gout medicine allopurinol has failed to reduce the primary endpoint of nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke or cardiovascular death in patients with ischemic heart disease, according to late breaking research ...
Aug 29, 2022
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The risk of death or poor prognosis after a heart attack is more than 20-fold higher in smokers with exhaled carbon monoxide levels above 13 ppm, indicating heavy smoking and inhalation of smoke. That's the finding of late-breaking ...
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