American College of Cardiology

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

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

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

Diet drinks linked to CVD in women

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 12:00

Drinking two or more diet drinks a day was associated with a 29% increased risk of an incident cardiovascular event and a 26% increased risk of all-cause death compared with less diet drink...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Diet drinks linked to CVD in women

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 12:00

Drinking two or more diet drinks a day was associated with a 29% increased risk of an incident cardiovascular event and a 26% increased risk of all-cause death compared with less diet drink...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Meta-analysis shows statins help erectile function

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 12:00

Men with erectile dysfunction had a better than threefold improvement in erectile function after receiving statin treatment compared with men randomized to placebo in a meta-analysis of 11 controlled...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Study links number of live births to future cardiac risk

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 12:00

The number of children a woman has may affect her future risk of cardiovascular disease – and the mechanism may be subclinical atherosclerosis, data from the <link...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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