Acute Coronary Syndromes
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PPI use in type 2 diabetes links with cardiovascular events
Prospective data from almost 20,000 people with type 2 diabetes show that proton pump inhibitor use is linked with significantly more...
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LDL cholesterol triglycerides ‘robust’ ASCVD risk marker
A large dual-method Danish population study identified high LDL triglyceride levels as a risk marker for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease....
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Recount of FOURIER data finds higher mortality with evolocumab; trialists push back
A readjudication of mortality data from the FOURIER trial by outside researchers concludes CV death was higher with evolocumab than originally...
Commentary
Five thoughts on the Damar Hamlin collapse
The cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills footballer Damar Hamlin has led to speculation about commotio cordis and more, but this electrophysiologist...
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STEMI times to treatment usually miss established goals
Survival and treatment times are closely linked in STEMI patients, but many still don’t get to PCI within the long-established 90- and 120-minute...
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Top cardiology societies call for revamp of clinical trials
Clinical trials have become too costly and burdensome, and it’s time to reinvent how they are conducted, leading cardiology societies say in a...
Commentary
A doctor saves a drowning family in a dangerous river
The doctor performed CPR on a boy he found floating, face down, and motionless.
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Survival varies widely for cardiac arrests in U.S. cath labs
These events warrant their own dedicated study, new evidence, and specific guidance, observers say.
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Dispatching volunteer responders may not increase AED use in OHCA
Lay responders performed CPR and applied AEDs at rates similar to trained volunteer responders dispatched via a smartphone app to handle out-of-...
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‘Reassuring’ data on pregnancy with ischemic heart disease
The risk associated with isolated preexisting ischemic heart disease without additional evidence of cardiomyopathy was relatively similar to that...
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The 'Plaque Hypothesis': Focus on vulnerable lesions to cut events
A new strategy is needed that targets unstable plaque in the whole of the coronary arteries, rather than just obstructive lesions, to reduce major...