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One in four patients with hypertension nonadherent to therapy

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 23:30

Urine testing of patients with hypertension revealed that 25% were partially or totally nonadherent to treatment, researchers reported online April 3 in the journal Heart. Furthermore, nonadherence...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Too much or too little sodium may boost cardiovascular risk

Posted on: 02/04/2014 - 14:25

Patients who had notably high or notably low sodium intake levels were at an increased risk of both all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, compared with patients who had usual sodium intake...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

TAVR: More procedural success with balloon-expandable valves

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 13:00

Patients with high-risk aortic stenosis undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement saw better results with balloon-expandable valve prostheses, compared with self-expanding valve...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Warfarin beneficial after acute a fib–associated MI in chronic kidney disease

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 21:00

Warfarin therapy decreased the composite endpoint of death, recurrent myocardial infarction, and ischemic stroke after an incident acute MI with atrial fibrillation among patients who had chronic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Transcranial ultrasound method outdoes echocardiography for finding PFO

Posted on: 04/03/2014 - 17:00

SAN DIEGO – Transcranial Doppler saline studies were superior to transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosing a hole in the heart, according to a prospective study of patients who had a cryptogenic...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Physician/patient communication on ICDs deemed problematic

Posted on: 28/02/2014 - 18:15

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Cardiologist-patient discussions at the time of decision making about implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy are fraught with a disturbing degree of misrepresentation and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

PITCH is called for a balk

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 20:30

Just as spring training has begun, the National Institutes of Health has withdrawn funding for an important clinical trial, "Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition With Tadalafil Changes Outcomes...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Latest studies fine-tune ACC/AHA dietary guidelines

Posted on: 19/02/2014 - 14:50

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Recent large studies validate and fine-tune the 2013 American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines on diet and lifestyle management to reduce cardiovascular...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Myocardial fibrosis assessment fine-tunes ICD selection

Posted on: 18/02/2014 - 19:35

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Detection of myocardial midwall fibrosis via cardiovascular magnetic resonance in patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy provides prognostic information independent of...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

ACC highlights noninvasive cardiovascular imaging issues

Posted on: 17/02/2014 - 20:30

Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in U.S. medical practice today raises two policy challenges, according to a statement released on Feb. 17 by the American College of Cardiology and 13 collaborating...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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