Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Ambulance Diversion Associated With Increased Heart Attack Mortality
Major Finding: Acute MI death rates are about 3% higher if the ED closest to the patient is on 12 or more hours of diversion. Data Source: A case-...
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Therapeutic Hypothermia Can Treat Cardiac Arrest in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
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Beware Cardiac Arrest Soon After Pneumonia Admission
Major Finding: A total of 12% of in-hospital cardiac events within 72 hours of hospital admission occurred in patients who had pneumonia as a...
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Erythropoietin Bolus After PCI Fails to Reduce Infarct Size
Major Finding: Infarct size was no different on cardiac MR between patients who received an IV bolus of epoetin-alfa and those who received a...
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Even Short-Term NSAID Use Raises Death/Recurrent MI Risk
Major Finding: Treatment with NSAIDs was associated with a 45% greater risk of death/recurrent MI during the first 7 days of treatment, which...
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Drug-Eluting Stents Boosted Survival in Primary PCI Patients
Major Finding: Acute myocardial infarction patients treated with drug-eluting coronary stents had a 16% mortality rate during 5 years of follow-up...
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Taking Ambulance Cuts Time to Cath Lab 26%
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UA/NSTEMI Guidelines Add Prasugrel, Quicker Angiography
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Hospitals Vary Widely in Applying Proven STEMI Treatments
Major Finding: Patients treated for ST-elevation myocardial infarction at any of 72 Swedish hospitals showed a significant drop in 1-year...
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Delcasertib Fails to Prevent Reperfusion Injury Post MI
Major Finding: Creatine kinase-MB area under the curve was similar with placebo at 6,471 ng-hr/mL vs.
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Analyses Find Calcium Plus Vitamin D Increases MI Risk
Major Finding: A retrospective analysis and meta-analysis show that calcium supplements with or without vitamin D modestly increase the risk of...