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Colchicine pre-PCI improves biomarkers, not injury risk
PHILADELPHIA – Oral colchicine before percutaneous coronary intervention didn’t prevent adverse events but improved inflammatory biomarkers.
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Cardiac arrests peak with pollution in Japan
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Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT analysis
PHILADELPHIA – Treatment with the fish-derived drug for CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than placebo.
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Weaknesses exposed in valsartan recall
PHILADELPHIA – A population study in Canada exposed incomplete adherence after the valsartan recall of July 2018.
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Study links hepatitis, higher mortality post liver transplant
Study finds that higher post–liver transplant mortality in autoimmune hepatitis may be linked to lower retransplant rates in this population.
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F-BEVAR safe in patients with one kidney
CHICAGO – Patients with a single functioning kidney and those with two had similar outcomes after fenestrated-branched endovascular repair of AAAs...
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Isolated iliac disease a marker for better health status?
CHICAGO – Trial shows patients with isolated iliac and multilevel disease do better after intervention than those with other types of PAD.
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Study questions preemptive TEVAR for extended type A dissections
CHICAGO – Interim results from a single-center study show that preemptive TEVAR may not be necessary for type A aortic dissections.
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Is EVAR for ruptured AAA worth revisiting?
CHICAGO – Analysis of a national database finds endovascular repair has lower overall mortality than open surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic...