The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), along with the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) have released a consensus statement that provides ...
Apr 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a 38 percent reduction in U.S. cardiac catheterization laboratory ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activations, according to a research letter published ...
Apr 21, 2020
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(HealthDay)—The incidence of heart attacks is decreasing, but the trend seems to have slowed in women, according to a study recently published in Circulation.
Apr 6, 2020
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(HealthDay)—First-time mothers with preeclampsia are at a higher risk for adverse cardiovascular outcomes, including myocardial infarction, stroke, and cardiovascular death, according to a study recently published in the ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Patients with diabetes who stopped taking aspirin three months after the insertion of a coronary stent and then took the anti-platelet medication ticagrelor alone for a year had fewer episodes of bleeding and no increase ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Patients with complex heart disease who stopped taking aspirin three months after the insertion of one or more coronary stents and then took the anti-platelet medication ticagrelor alone for a year had fewer episodes of bleeding ...
Mar 30, 2020
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For patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), dual therapy is associated with a reduced risk for bleeding compared with triple therapy, according to research published online March ...
Mar 17, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Polymer-based zotarolimus-eluting stents are noninferior to polymer-free drug-coated stents among patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a study published ...
Feb 20, 2020
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In a new study published today in JAMA Cardiology, a team of researchers led by Rishi Wadhera, MD, MPP, MPhil, an investigator in the Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ...
Feb 20, 2020
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(HealthDay)—Ischemic stroke is independently associated with increased risk of incident poststroke major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in both men and women, according to a study published in the February issue of ...
Feb 19, 2020
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