FPN || Cardiovascular Disease

NSAID makers argue against new warnings on CV risks

Posted on: 11/02/2014 - 14:05

SILVER SPRING, MD. – Manufacturers of prescription and over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications said at a <link...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

FDA reviewers support approval of platelet inhibitor cangrelor for PCI indication

Posted on: 10/02/2014 - 20:35

The data on cangrelor support approval of the fast-acting antiplatelet drug for reducing thrombotic cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease who are undergoing percutaneous...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CARDIA: Trajectory of blood pressure in young adults predicts later CAC

Posted on: 04/02/2014 - 21:00

Serial blood pressure measurements during young adulthood appear to predict the risk of subclinical coronary artery calcification, a surrogate for CVD risk, in middle age, according to a report...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

WOEST results guide antithrombotic therapy in PCI

Posted on: 30/01/2014 - 13:55

SNOWMASS, COLO. – A recent randomized trial provides physicians with important new guidance on how to manage antithrombotic therapy in patients requiring oral anticoagulation who develop an acute...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

CoreValve holds size advantage for U.S. TAVR

Posted on: 28/01/2014 - 21:10

When the Food and Drug Administration in January granted marketing approval to a second transcatheter aortic valve replacement system for inoperable patients with aortic stenosis, the CoreValve...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Sound Off: How do you determine the appropriate interval for follow-up visits?

Posted on: 24/01/2014 - 21:20

Total United States health care costs could be lowered by billions of dollars per year if evidence-based guidelines for follow-up patient visits are established, according to the authors of a <link...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

One health system cut diabetes events, with set patient measures and cash for physicians

Posted on: 23/01/2014 - 19:30

An incentivized, system-based approach to improve care for patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases appeared to pay off after just 3 years by significantly cutting the incidence of adverse...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

FDA approves dapagliflozin for type 2 diabetes

Posted on: 08/01/2014 - 20:20

Dapagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, has been approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes with a requirement that the manufacturer conduct postmarketing studies that address...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

‘JNC 8’ guideline follows convoluted endgame

Posted on: 04/01/2014 - 06:00

UPDATED Jan. 4, 2014 The federally funded program to produce a set of U.S. guidelines for hypertension management, a process more than 5 years in the making, came to an unusual end on...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Opportunities to boost cardiovascular disease awareness

Posted on: 30/12/2013 - 21:25

DALLAS – A mere 28% of 1,013 surveyed New York–area women correctly identified cardiovascular disease as the No. 1 killer of women. And two-thirds of those women said their primary care provider is...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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