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Multivitamins don't prevent cardiovascular events
Major Finding: The rate of cardiovascular events in men who took daily vitamins for 11 years was 11.0/1,000 person-years, compared with 10.8...
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FREEDOM: CABG Shows Excellent Cost Effectiveness
Major Finding: Coronary artery bypass surgery in patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease had a highly favorable projected...
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Bedside Platelet Monitoring of No Benefit in PCI Patients
Major Finding: The rate of death, cerebrovascular accident, stent thrombosis, and myocardial infarction was 35% in patients whose antiplatelet...
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Aspirin Reduces Recurrence of Vascular Events and VTEs
Major Finding: The combined results of the ASPIRE and WARFASA trials showed significant reductions of 32% in the rate of recurrence of venous...
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Macitentan Promising for Long-Term Outcomes in PAH
Major Finding: Macitentan treatment reduced the risk of morbidity and mortality by 30% in patients who received 3 mg once daily and by 45% in...
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Cardiac Toxicity Not Seen 25 Years after Breast Radiation
Major Finding: There were no significant differences in major cardiac function parameters between women treated with modified radical mastectomy...
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Weight Gain Following Diabetes Diagnosis Boosts Mortality
Major Finding:. Gaining at least 1 kg/m2 during the year after diagnosis of type 2 diabetes linked with 63% higher cardiovascular mortality...
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Resolute's Stent-Thrombosis Risk Lasts Just 1 Month
Major Finding: Interrupting dual antiplatelet therapy after receiving a Resolute stent was associated with stent thrombosis only in those who...
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Glucose Excursions Linked to Ventricular Tachycardia
Major Finding: During 5 days of ECG recording, 28 patients had an average of more than 3,600 ventricular extrasystoles; 17 patients had couplets,...
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Experience Proved Rituximab Best for Vasculitis
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Obesity Raises Atrial Fibrillation Risk in Healthy Women
Major Finding: The risk of developing atrial fibrillation was doubled in obese women (HR, 2.04) and more than tripled in very obese women,...