Acute Coronary Syndromes
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MI Rate Declines After Smoke-Free Laws Enacted in Olmsted County
Major Finding: The rate of incident MI dropped 34%, from 150.8/100,000 people to 100.7/100,000, after laws prohibiting smoking in public places...
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Higher MI Mortality in Hospitalized HIV Patients
Major Finding: Hospitalized patients who develop acute MI are 53% more likely to die if they are HIV infected.Data Source: Results were taken from...
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Use of PCI for MI Drops With Public Reporting of Patient Outcomes
Major Finding: Patients with acute MI were less likely to receive PCI in states with mandatory public reporting of PCI outcomes (37.7%) than in...
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Diabetes Diagnosed at Acute MI Hits Women Harder
Major Finding: The 3-year mortality rate was 30% for women with known and newly diagnosed diabetes, 11% for those without diabetes, and 13% for...
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Adding Clopidogrel to Anticoagulant Is Plenty for PCI
Major Finding: In coronary-stented patients on oral anticoagulation, bleeds occurred in 20% on clopidogrel only and 45% on clopidogrel and aspirin...
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Cardiovascular CT Poised to Take Imaging Center Stage
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Unstable Angina, We Hardly Knew Ye
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More Survival, No Neurologic Loss Seen With Longer In-Hospital CPR
Major Finding: The rate of favorable neurologic status was 81.2% for patients in whom resuscitation attempts lasted less than 15 minutes, 80.0%...
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No Benefit of Balloon Pump in Acute MI With Shock
Major Finding: The primary end point of 30-day all-cause mortality was 41.3% in controls and 39.7% in patients receiving IABP support, a...