CAD & Atherosclerosis
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Kids of Prenatal Smokers Have Vascular Damage
Major Finding: At age 5 years, children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy had a carotid intima-media thickness that was 18.8 mcm thicker than...
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Coronary Heart Disease Prevalence Down Since 2006
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Vardenafil Increased Blood Flow in Raynaud Syndrome
Major Finding: Patients with Raynaud’s syndrome responded to 6 weeks of vardenafil with a 19% gain in digital blood flow and significant...
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HCV Infection May Predict Coronary Artery Disease
Major Finding: Coronary artery disease, defined as stenosis greater than 50%, was found in 44 of 63 hepatitis C cases (70%), compared with 30 of...
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Brain Development Disruptions May Explain Sex Differences in Depression, CVD
Major Finding: Fetal exposure to maternal immune activation resulting from preeclampsia or conditions that restricted fetal growth was shown in...
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Coronary Disease, Stroke to Drop Below Cancer as Top Killer
Major Finding: In 2008, the combined rate of deaths caused by coronary disease and stroke fell for the first time below the rate of deaths caused...
Conference Coverage
Ramipril Improves Walking in Claudicants in RCT
Major Finding: A 24-week regimen of ramipril resulted in an average 87% improvement in pain-free walking time, a 139% gain in maximum walking time...
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AIM-HIGH Study Stirs Niacin Controversy
Major Finding: Cardiovascular events occurred in 16.2% of patients with stable established CHD and low baseline HDL cholesterol whose LDL...
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Long-Term Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Deemed Safe
Major Finding: Of 203 patients with bacteremia, endocarditis, and osteomyelitis receiving outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy in an...
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CONFIRM Enhances Position of CT Angiography
Conference Coverage
Screen Carotids After Head and Neck Radiation
Major Finding: The estimated risk for stenosis of the carotid arteries 3 years after irradiation for head and neck cancer was 18%.Data Source:...