Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Poorer Outcomes Associated With Earlier VSD Repair
Major Finding: Mortality was 54% in patients who had repair less than 7 days after MI, and 18% in those who had their surgery more than 7 days...
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Potassium Targets for Acute MI Too High, Outdated
Major Finding: In-hospital mortality was lowest (less than 5%) in patients with potassium levels of 3.5-4.5 mEq/L at admission; it was twice as...
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Dabigatran Tied to Increase in Heart Attack Risk
Major Finding: The incidence of MI or ACS was significantly higher in patients taking the thrombin inhibitor dabigatran (1.19%) than in those...
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Readmission After STEMI in U.S. Higher Than in 16 Other Countries
Major Finding: The 30-day readmission rate after STEMI was 14.5% in the United States, compared with 9.9% outside the country, representing a 68%...
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Super Sensitive Troponin Assay Aids MI Diagnosis
Major Finding: Changes in the results of the highly-sensitive troponin I assay between admission and 3 hours ruled in the diagnosis of MI with a...
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ADHD Medications Found Not to Raise Risk of Serious CVD Events
Major Finding: Rates of myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, and stroke were not significantly different between adults who used ADHD...
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Undiagnosed Diabetes Common in Women With Acute MI
Major Finding: Following an acute myocardial infarction, the prevalence of previously undiagnosed diabetes was 20% in women, 15% in men.Data...
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Urinary Sodium Excretion Levels Flag CV Risk
Major Finding: Compared with the moderate excretion of 4-5.99 g/day, higher excretion (more than 7 g/day) was associated with a hazard ratio of 1....
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Bone Marrow Cell Therapy Failed to Change Post-MI Outcomes
Major Finding: At 6 months, there was a gain in LVEF of just 0.5% (48.7% to 49.2%) in the BMC group, compared with 3.5% (45.3% to 48.8%) in the...
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Stem Cell Treatment of MI Yields 5-Year Benefit
Major Finding: At 5-year follow-up, 100 acute MI patients treated with an intracoronary infusion of autologous bone-marrow derived mononuclear...
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Free Meds Boost Post-MI Outcomes, Rx Adherence
Major Finding: Post-MI patients given free drugs had a statistically significant 14% decrease in major vascular events, defined as fatal or...