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Guideline authors, AHA-ACC leaders confident in risk calculator

Posted on: 19/11/2013 - 18:05

DALLAS – In the face of high-profile criticism of the new U.S. cholesterol-management guidelines released by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association on Nov. 12, the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Anticoagulant edoxaban comparable with warfarin in atrial fib

Posted on: 19/11/2013 - 16:45

Two doses of the once-daily, oral factor Xa inhibitor edoxaban were noninferior to warfarin in preventing stroke or systemic embolism in patients with atrial fibrillation in the phase III ENGAGE...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Improved outcomes with CoreValve in extreme-risk patients

Posted on: 12/11/2013 - 16:05

SAN FRANCISCO – Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the self-expanding CoreValve in patients at extreme surgical risk significantly reduced the rate of death or major stroke at 1 year, from...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Shorter antiplatelet therapy after stenting found noninferior

Posted on: 01/11/2013 - 18:35

SAN FRANCISCO – Adverse event rates 1 year after implantation of a second-generation zotarolimus-eluting coronary stent were similar for 3,120 patients regardless of whether they took 3 months or 12...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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Guideline authors, AHA-ACC leaders confident in risk calculator

Anticoagulant edoxaban comparable with warfarin in atrial fib

Improved outcomes with CoreValve in extreme-risk patients

Shorter antiplatelet therapy after stenting found noninferior

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