HDL Dysfunction Is Associated With an Increased Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome
Maria Trinidad Soria-Florido et al. published the results of their study on high-density lipoprotein (HDL) function and coronary syndrome in Circulation. They showed... Read more.
Type 2 Myocardial Infarction (T2MI) Is Associated With Higher All-Cause Mortality Compared to Type 1 Myocardial Infarction (T1MI)
Raphael et al. showed in a prospective cohort study, published in Circulation, that type 2 myocardial infarction (T2MI), defined as an acute imbalance between oxygen... Read more.
Study Demonstrates Decreasing Medical Therapy Utilization Among Veteran Patients Treated with PCI Over 5 Years
11/6/2019- Joe X. Xie et. al recently published the results of a Veterans cohort study in Circulation. They were able to show a meaningful decline in the rate of... Read more.
Does Low Dose Methotrexate Prevent Athersclerotic Events in Patients?
A randomized clinical trial that was conducted by Paul M Ridker et al. and published in NEJM showed that there was no meaningful association between low dose methotrexate (MTX)... Read more.
Endogenous Fibrinolysis Measurement as a Predictive Test for Recurrent Cardiovascular Events
A prospective cohort study that was conducted by Mohamed Farag et al. in European Heart Journal demonstrated that evaluating endogenous fibrinolysis in patients... Read more.
Does a Low Salt Diet Improve Heart Failure Prognosis?
A systematic review conducted by Kamal R. Mahtani et al in JAMA looked into the evidence of salt restriction recommendation on heart failure prognosis. The investigators... Read more.
Bariatric Surgery in Severe Obese Diabetics Associated with Lower Risk of Macrovascular Outcomes
A retrospective cohort study performed by David P. Fisher and his colleagues was published in JAMA, showing that bariatric surgery in obese patients with diabetes... Read more.
Worse Clinical Outcomes of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with HFpEF Compared to HFrEF
A multinational prospective cohort study performed by Barak Zafrir et al. and published in the European Heart Journal concluded that worse cardiovascular outcomes... Read more.
Variability in Metabolic Parameters: A Prognostic Surrogate Marker for MI, Stroke and Death?
A study by Mee Kyoung Kim and her colleagues published in Circulation has shown that there is a graded association between the number of high variability parameters... Read more.