HOSP || Across Specialties

EXACT-HF: Allopurinol flops for heart failure

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 19:25

WASHINGTON – Allopurinol has no effect on heart failure, according to results from the multicenter, double-blind EXACT-HF study. "In heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Mortality nearly halved with dual antiplatelet therapy in severe PAD

Posted on: 23/04/2014 - 16:15

WASHINGTON – Long-term dual-antiplatelet therapy may provide a mortality benefit over aspirin alone in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease. In an observational study of 629 patients...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s

Posted on: 21/04/2014 - 19:57

WASHINGTON – A third more Americans were hospitalized for ischemic stroke in 2010 than 7 years before, and the incidence of stroke associated with atrial fibrillation grew even more sharply, up by...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Simvastatin improves survival in cirrhosis-linked variceal bleeding

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 18:10

LONDON – Simvastatin improves short-term survival after variceal bleeding in patients with cirrhosis, results of a phase III, randomized, double blind study have shown. At 2 years’ follow-up in the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Some SSRIs are better than others for pregnant women

Posted on: 17/04/2014 - 17:15

CHICAGO – The Food and Drug Administration’s letter rating scale is "unreliable" when it comes to prescribing antidepressants for pregnant women, according to Dr. Marlene P. Freeman,...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Life partner provides better heart failure outcomes

Posted on: 16/04/2014 - 17:20

WASHINGTON – Marital status plays an underappreciated role in heart failure prognosis. Indeed, having a life partner was independently associated with a 12% reduction in the risk of all-cause...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Some providers quicker to tube feed end-of-life elderly

Posted on: 15/04/2014 - 17:00

Hospitalists who care for dementia patients near the end of life are much less likely to introduce a feeding tube than other physicians who follow such patients. Compared with nonhospital...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

ACC/AHA cardiovascular risk equations get a thumbs-up

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 14:15

WASHINGTON – The controversial cardiovascular risk estimator introduced in the current American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association risk-assessment guidelines demonstrated "moderate...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

FDA expands uses for cardiac resynchronization devices

Posted on: 11/04/2014 - 17:00

The approval of cardiac resynchronization pacemakers and defibrillators manufactured by Medtronic has been expanded to include patients with atrioventricular block and less severe heart failure, the...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Ultrasound-facilitated endovascular thrombolysis 'a game changer' in acute pulmonary embolism

Posted on: 10/04/2014 - 20:35

WASHINGTON – Ultrasound-facilitated, catheter-directed, low-dose fibrinolysis for acute massive or submassive pulmonary embolism significantly improves right ventricular function, reduces pulmonary...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

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