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EHRs have no impact on inpatient heart failure clinical choices or outcomes
Relative to usual care, prognostic information at the bedside provided no advantage for heart failure care.
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PRAGUE-17: LAA closure holds up against DOACs out to 4 years
Most outcomes remained unchanged, but follow-up imaging curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic leaves an unfortunate gap with regard to late device-...
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Alcoholic drinks stand out in novel trial exploring AFib triggers
The study has limitations, but its results jibe with alcohol’s status as a potential trigger of AFib. Patients’ knowledge of their potential...
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CRAVE: Drinking coffee not linked to atrial arrhythmias
Real-time monitoring painted a complex picture of the effects of coffee consumption on not only the heart but physical exercise and sleep as well...
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BP Track: Blood pressure control rates dropped during pandemic
Data culled from 24 health systems showed lower rates of blood pressure control during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Early SAVR tops watchful waiting in severe, asymptomatic aortic stenosis: AVATAR
The findings potentially apply to TAVR as much as to surgical aortic valve replacement, say observers about the trial that compared early surgery...
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CABG safe 3 days after stopping ticagrelor: RAPID CABG
A new randomized trial showed similar rates of severe bleeding in patients going to surgery at 3 days and 6 days after stopping the antiplatelet...
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Stroke thrombectomy alone fails noninferiority to bridging tPA
The rate of good functional outcome was 57% for patients who underwent direct thrombectomy and 65% among patients who received IV thrombolysis...
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At 5 years, iFR found as effective and safe as FFR for guiding PCI intervention
Five-year data reinforce prior finding: iFR and FFR are comparably effective and safe for guiding revascularization.
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FAVOR III China: QFR-guided PCI shows advantage over angiography
Results from sham-controlled study strengthen support for using physiology to guide percutaneous coronary interventions, but external validation...
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FFR-guided PCI falls short vs. surgery in multivessel disease: FAME 3
PCI guided by FFR assessment may have yielded better outcomes in patients with less complex coronary anatomy, researchers say; others doubt the...