CAD & Atherosclerosis
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Coronary Flow Reserve Enhances Risk Assessment
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CoreValve Remains Durable 3 Years Post TAVI
Major Finding: The effective orifice area increased significantly, from 0.7 cm2 at baseline to 1.55 cm2 after TAVI, and remained relatively...
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Door Widening For Potential TAVI Candidates
Major Finding: The TAVI procedural success rate was 100% in patients with a low EuroSCORE and 95.7% in higher-risk patients with a EuroSCORE of...
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Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Beneficial in Peripheral Occlusive Disease
Major Finding: Patients who were treated with remote ischemic preconditioning prior to angioplasty had significantly attenuated perioperative...
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Diabetes Linked to Carotid Artery Thickness in Young Adults
Major Finding: Type 1 diabetes had a significantly thicker internal cIMT, compared with controls (mean, 0.56 mm vs. 0.50 mm, respectively), with a...
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High Sodium-Potassium Ratio Ramps Up Mortality Risk
Major Finding: Adults in the general population who had the highest sodium-potassium ratios showed a 1.46 hazard ratio for all-cause mortality, a...
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Aneurysm Complexity Influences Outcome
Major Finding: Complex abdominal aortic aneurysm repair can be performed with low mortality (1.3%), but an increasing level of aneurysm complexity...
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Quality Guidelines Issued for Ambulatory Cardiac Care
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CABG Track Record Improved in Past Decade
Major Finding: In 2009, U.S. patients who underwent first-time, isolated CABG surgery had a 1.9% perioperative mortality rate and a 1.2% stroke...
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Most With Stable CAD Go Straight to PCI, Skip Optimal Medical Therapy
Major Finding: Of patients with stable CAD undergoing PCI after COURAGE study results were published, 45% received optimal medical therapy before...
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More Neurologic Events With TAVR in PARTNER
Major Finding: Patients who underwent transcatheter valve replacement had significantly more neurologic events at 30 days (5.5%) than did those...