Circulatory Archives - Page 20 of 24

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Benefit of dabigatran over warfarin persists in AF patient subgroups undergoing PCI
December 3, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Dabigatran protected against thromboembolic events with less bleeding regardless of stent type, type of concomitant treatment, or indication for PCI.
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Improving the risk assessment of patients with acute pulmonary embolism
November 21, 2017
Hospital-based physicians inadequately assess for severity of pulmonary embolism in patients and fail to ask for consultations from specialists.
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Prescribers mostly ignore clopidogrel pharmacogenomic profiling
November 16, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Physicians treating ACS patients with an antiplatelet all but ignore their genetically assessed ability to metabolize clopidogrel.
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Keep PCI patients on aspirin for noncardiac surgery
November 15, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Perioperative aspirin is more likely to help than harm PCI patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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VIDEO: U.S. hypertension guidelines reset threshold to 130/80 mm Hg
November 14, 2017
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Thirty million Americans became hypertensive overnight.
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Renal dosing of non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants in atrial fibrillation is important in preventing thrombotic and bleeding complications
November 9, 2017
Does renal underdosing and overdosing of non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants (NOACs) impact the risk of thrombotic and bleeding complications?
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Infections increase risk of idiopathic VTE
November 8, 2017
Beware the increased risk of VTE in patients with infections.
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Atrial fibrillation boosts VTE risk
October 31, 2017
BARCELONA – Study shows women face higher and more persistent risk.
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Caprini score is not a good predictor of PE in patients with DVT
October 25, 2017
Commonly used model failed to predict pulmonary embolism in patients with DVT.
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MI, stroke risk from HFrEF surpasses HFpEF
October 17, 2017
DALLAS – Events go up as ejection fraction declines.