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FDA panel endorses antibacterial dalbavancin

Posted on: 01/04/2014 - 14:20

SILVER SPRING, MD. – A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted unanimously to support the approval of the antibacterial drug dalbavancin for the treatment of acute bacterial skin and...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

No improvements in left ventricular function with metformin after myocardial infarction

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 13:00

Treatment with metformin failed to show any positive effects on left ventricular function in diabetes-free patients who presented with ST-segment elevation MI, according to the results of a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Patients with LBBB get bigger long-term survival bang from CRT-D

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 23:40

WASHINGTON – Early treatment with cardiac-resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator showed a significant survival benefit in patients with mild heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Study of hs-cTnT in chest pain intriguing, but flawed

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 22:55

WASHINGTON – The lack of detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients presenting with chest pain may be a marker of minimal risk of myocardial infarction within 30 days, according to...

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

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

USPSTF: Evidence still ‘insufficient’ to back cognitive impairment screening

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 21:00

Citing an ongoing lack of data about the benefits and harms of screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has left unchanged the recommendations of its 2003 guidelines on cognitive impairment...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Switching biologic may lower risk of second infection-related hospitalization in RA

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 13:25

Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking an anti–tumor necrosis factor agent who had a prior hospitalization because of an infection significantly reduced their risk of a subsequent infection-related...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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