A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide, resulting in 18 million deaths per year. These numbers are expected to increase in coming years because of cardiovascular complications ...
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A non-invasive imaging technique for detecting coronary artery disease activity in patients with myocardial infarction did not predict the primary endpoint of all coronary events but did predict all-cause mortality and cardiac ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Asundexian 50 mg administered to post-myocardial infarction patients inhibits factor XIa by more than 90% with no significant increase in bleeding, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session on 28 ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Clinical data and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging did not improve risk prediction for sudden cardiac death (SCD) after myocardial infarction in the largest pooled patient cohort collected to date. The late breaking ...
Aug 29, 2022
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P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy lowers the risk of ischemic events compared with aspirin alone in patients with coronary artery disease without increasing bleeding risk, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) does not reduce all-cause mortality or heart failure hospitalization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction and extensive coronary artery disease, according to late breaking ...
Aug 29, 2022
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A heart check-up is recommended in even apparently healthy people over 65 years of age before intermediate- or high-risk non-cardiac surgery, according to European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on cardiovascular ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Dapagliflozin reduces the risks of death and cardiovascular events in patients with heart failure regardless of ejection fraction, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session on 27 August at ESC Congress ...
Aug 29, 2022
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A prespecified analysis of the MASTER DAPT trial has confirmed that the absence of ischemic risk and reduction in bleeding with abbreviated dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients at high bleeding risk undergoing intervention ...
Aug 29, 2022
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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 ...
Aug 29, 2022
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