Carotid Disease & Stroke
Conference Coverage
Clopidogrel flunks platelet reactivity control test in TAVI
WASHINGTON – For platelet reactivity after TAVI, ticagrelor is more effective than clopidogrel.
Conference Coverage
Apixaban prevails in study of 163,000 DOAC users
ORLANDO – Apixaban had lowest rates of both stroke and major bleeding in ARISTOPHANES.
Conference Coverage
Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
News
Post-ACS death lowered in ODYSSEY Outcomes
ORLANDO – Mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events were cut 15%, but that’s not all.
Conference Coverage
Adding hypertension in pregnancy doesn’t refine ASCVD risk prediction tool
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – The 2013 ASCVD Risk Calculator doesn’t do a better job of predicting 10-year risk in women when a history of hypertensive...
From the Journals
How to lower occupational radiation exposure in the cath lab
Creative shielding can lower the risk significantly.
From the Journals
Viremic suppression linked to decreased MACE rate in patients with HCV-cirrhosis
Viremic suppression was associated with a lower rate of cardiovascular events in patients with compensated HCV-related cirrhosis.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin halves ischemic strokes
In patients with stable atherosclerotic vascular disease, treatment with low-dose rivaroxaban plus aspirin halved the incidence of ischemic...
Conference Coverage
Asymptomatic carotid in-stent restenosis? Think medical management
CHICAGO – Expert estimates it takes 27 years’ worth of reinterventions to prevent one stroke.
Conference Coverage
Carotid stenting isn’t safer than endarterectomy with contralateral carotid occlusion
CAS isn’t associated with a lower 30-day stroke risk than CEA for revascularization in patients with contralateral carotid occlusion.
