FPN || Cardiovascular Disease

Quality gap in atrial fibrillation care significant

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 16:20

LAS VEGAS – About 40% of atrial fibrillation inpatients leave the hospital without a prescription for stroke prevention medications, according to a retrospective review from Northwestern University...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Ineffective renal denervation blamed for trial’s failure

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 20:25

WASHINGTON – Renal denervation’s not so simple after all. Highly anticipated data from the large, sham-controlled renal-artery catheter denervation trial, SYMPLICITY HTN-3, gave its investigators...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

‘Revolutionary’ LDL lowering shown in evolocumab phase III trials

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 19:35

WASHINGTON – The novel low-density lipoprotein cholesterol–lowering agent evolocumab took day 1 of the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology by storm on the strength of three...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

ARB, ACE inhibitor at discharge curb heart failure readmissions

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 18:15

WASHINGTON – Patients with acute heart failure who were discharged on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker were significantly less likely to be readmitted to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Old, reliable drugs cut heart failure readmissions

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 17:30

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Heart failure patients discharged on inexpensive, guideline-recommended drugs were half as likely to be readmitted for the condition after 30 days, compared with those who weren’t...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Aleglitazar failed to reduce cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetes

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

A trial of aleglitazar to improve cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes who had recent-onset acute coronary syndrome has been terminated early because of a lack of efficacy and an...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Survival after TAVR superior to surgery in high-risk aortic stenosis patients

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 22:30

WASHINGTON – A first in transcatheter aortic valve replacement trials, the CoreValve prosthesis was superior to surgical valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis at increased...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: What explains SYMPLICITY HTN-3’s failure?

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 21:55

WASHINGTON – What can explain the failure of SYMPLICITY HTN-3? After clinical success in reducing blood pressure by 20-30 mm HG in patients with resistant hypertension, the renal denervation...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: CoreValve self-expanding aortic valve beat surgical replacement

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 20:50

WASHINGTON – Transcatheter aortic valve replacement with the CoreValve device showed significantly higher 1-year survival than did surgical replacement, in a randomized trial of patients with severe...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: CoreValve self-expanding aortic valve beat surgical replacement

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 20:50

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

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