Study Shows Patient Self Reports Overestimated And Pharmacy Fills Underestimated Medication Persistence
In an original investigation done by Dr. Alexander C. Fanaroff et al and recently published in JAMA Cardiology, it was found that there was discordance in medication... Read more.
1K Plaque Associated With Lower Future ACS Risk: Case Control Cohort Study (Analysis from ICONIC Study)
In an original investigation by Dr. Alexander R. van Rosendael et al recently published in JAMA Cardiology, it was found that the higher-density calcified plaque,... Read more.
Trial Shows Abstinence From Alcohol Can Reduce Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation In Patients With Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Who Regularly Consume Alcohol
In an original study conducted by Dr. Aleksandr Voskoboinik et al. recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, it was found that alcohol consumption... Read more.
Mouse Study Shows High Saturated Fat Diet May Promote Arrhythmias By Activating NADPH Oxidase 2
In an original article written by Leroy C. Joseph et al, it was found the molecular mechanisms of cardiac metabolism to arrhythmia and NAPDH Oxidase2(NOX2) deletion... Read more.
Treatment with Statins, RAAS Inhibitors and Platelet Inhibitors After CABG is Essential, While the Use of Beta-blockers is Questionable: Swedish Study
In a recent study published in the European Heart Journal, Erik Björklund et al. found that the secondary prevention medications, such as statins and renin-angiotensin-aldosterone... Read more.
REMEDIAL III: Urine Flow Rate Guided Hydration Is Superior to Left Ventricular End‐Diastolic Pressure Guided Hydration for Preventing Renal And/Or Pulmonary Edema in Interventional Cardiology
Findings of an ongoing REMEDIAL (REnal Insufficiency Following Contrast MEDIA Administration triaL) III trial have been published recently in Catheter Cardiovasc... Read more.
Novel Subcutaneously Administered GpIIb/IIIa Inhibitor (RUC-4) Exhibits Promising Potential As The First Point-of-Contact Therapy of STEMI
Results of a new ongoing phase 1 study, presented at Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2019 San Francisco, showed that as a first point-of-contact... Read more.
Population Based Cohort Study: With or Without AFib, CHA₂DS₂-VASc Score is a Sensitive Predictor and Stratifies the Risk of MACCE
Giulia Renda et al. recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology that the CHA2DS2-VASc score is a sensitive measure of predicting new-onset... Read more.
International Ongoing Study Finds Low Prevalence of PE in Patients Presenting to the ER with First Time Syncopal Episode
In an ongoing diagnostic multicentric prospective study being conducted to evaluate and improve the management of patients in the emergency room (ER) presenting... Read more.
11,000 Patient Study Demonstrates That Higher 24 hour and Nighttime Blood Pressure Readings Associated With Increased Risk of Cardiac Events
In an original investigation done by Dr.Wen-Yi Yang and his team, the results of which got published in JAMA, concluded that raised 24-hour and nighttime blood pressure... Read more.