Carotid Disease & Stroke
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Young adults with hypertension may be at higher CVD risk
Disagreement over the ACC/AHA blood pressure guidelines threatens to distract from their potential benefits.
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Vascular ultrasound reasonable for first-line imaging of large-vessel GCA
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Ultrasound denervation tops RF ablation for resistant hypertension
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Comparison of Cardiovascular Outcomes Between Statin Monotherapy and Fish Oil and Statin Combination Therapy in a Veteran Population
A study that compared the use of statin therapies with and without fish oil in a veteran population found an insignificant difference between the...
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SPRINT: Pill burden affects ability to reach systolic BP control
CHICAGO – Patients in the SPRINT trial were less likely to meet the intensive treatment goal – systolic blood pressure below 120 mm Hg – if they...
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ASPREE: What to do now about aspirin for healthy elderly people
While low-risk people don’t benefit, patients who are at mid to high cardiovascular risk clearly might.
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CVD-REAL 2: Lower mortality, CV risks with SGLT-2i vs. DPP-4i treatment in T2DM
ORLANDO – SGLT2 inhibitor treatment, compared with DPP-4 inhibitors, is associated with lower death, CV event, and stroke rates in patients with...
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Stroke-smoking link is dose dependent in young men
Smoking cessation is the goal, but every little bit helps.
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Stroke patients benefited from CPAP
Significantly more OSA patients with a recent history of stroke experienced an improvement in their Modified Rankin Scale score after using CPAP,...
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Impaired kidney function no problem for dabigatran reversal
ORLANDO – Idarucizumab, reversal agent for the anticoagulant dabigatran, worked fine in patients with renal dysfunction.
