Peripheral Vascular Disorders
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Mortality nearly halved with dual antiplatelet therapy in severe PAD
Major finding: Patients with severe peripheral artery disease who were on dual antiplatelet therapy had an adjusted 45% reduction in the 3-year...
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Marriage protects against vascular disease
Major finding: Married men under age 50 years were 14.4% less likely than their single counterparts were to have vascular disease, and married...
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Routinely screen relatives when thoracic aortic aneurysm disease presents before age 60
Major finding: One in seven patients presenting with thoracic aortic disease in a large series had thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, or...
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First-in-man bioengineered graft proves enduring for vascular access
Major finding: The 6-month enduring patency rate of an investigational tissue-engineered vascular graft for hemodialysis access was 100%, markedly...
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Postop troponin elevation, MI impact 5-year survival
Major finding: Postoperative ischemia in the form of a troponin elevation increased the hazard of death at 5 years by 45% (HR, 1.45; P =.01) while...