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- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: July 28, 2023
“The message I give parents is that most kids recover within 2-4 weeks.”
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: July 24, 2023
In a large database, more than three-quarters of stable patients had percutaneous coronary intervention with the index catheterization, potentially...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: June 30, 2023
Experts in rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology assess the potential of colchicine 0.5 mg to treat residual risk for atherosclerotic car...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 30, 2023
After percutaneous coronary intervention, ticagrelor alone or with aspirin are equally effective in preventing repeat revascularization at 1 year i...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 25, 2023
A real-world study has potentially validated a risk model put forward by the ESC for management of acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-s...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 22, 2023
A head-to-head comparison of distal vs. proximal radial artery access for coronary interventions found no difference in hand function a year later....
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 22, 2023
“Through the open comment process, we are hoping to gain broad perspective from stakeholders, including clinicians, hospitals, payers, professional...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 19, 2023
A large study found marijuana users had almost four times the risk of peripheral artery disease, but no higher risk of death or coronary interventi...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 10, 2023
Colchicine prescriptions dropped sharply and patient visits for gout-related symptoms increased significantly after a 2010 U.S. Food and Drug Admin...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 9, 2023
Unvaccinated patients were found to be up to 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated patients.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 8, 2023
Coronary revascularization trials should focus more on quality of life than traditional composite outcomes, two trial investigators say.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 5, 2023
A trial of left atrial appendage closure reported better outcomes with preprocedure CT than transesophageal echocardiography alone.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 18, 2023
New study showed that the sex of a red blood cell donor has no bearing on the survival of the transfusion recipient.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 5, 2023
A new consensus statement on transcatheter left atrial appendage closure tightens standards for patient selection as well as operator experience.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: March 28, 2023
National database analysis finds disparities in primary-prevention statin use persist despite 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk.<...
