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<乌鸦传媒>TCT: OCT Guidance Doesn't Undersize Stents, Trial Shows

Also found dissection, malapposition that IVUS missed

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBrief: LDL-Lowering Genetic Variants Linked to Diabetes Risk

What can genetics tell about diabetes incidence with cholesterol tx?

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's

Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates

<乌鸦传媒>The Lancet Versus BMJ: A Dispatch From the Statin Wars

The editors of the two top U.K. medical journals are in a bitter fight

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Medical Therapy Adequate for Plaque Erosion

Pilot study suggests stenting not needed in uncomplicated cases

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: Winners Emerge in CAD Imaging Showdowns

Promising results for cardiac MRI, MPS, and PET

<乌鸦传媒>ESC: PCSK9 Tx -- Ready for Prime Time or Still Unproven?

Debate highlights pros and cons of these cholesterol-lowering drugs

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: Looking Beyond Statins in LDL Lowering

New ACC guidance maps a path

<乌鸦传媒>Compression Stockings; Stroke Prevention; Stents and Meds

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

<乌鸦传媒>Bleeding Risk Assess in Angiodysplasias

Blood vessel malformations plus vascular disease increase transfusion likelihood

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: Placebo Challenge for Statin Intolerance?

Cardiologists debate whether strategy might work in the clinic too

<乌鸦传媒>CNN Calls Out 'Cataract Risk' in HOPE-3

Statins and cataracts: So what?

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: After a Decade, CABG Pulls Ahead of Meds for HF

Life-saving benefit of CABG now clear in long-term trial follow-up

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: Evolocumab May Be Best Option for Statin Intolerance

Far greater LDL reduction but still some muscle complaints in GAUSS-3 trial

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: HOPE Results Boost Statin Prevention Role

Mortality and nonfatal events reduced

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBrief: New Thinking on Primary Prevention, Death, and Statins

Could lifetime benefit replace 10-year cardiovascular risk in shared decision-making?

<乌鸦传媒>When "Unremarkable" Is Not Clear Enough

Radiology reports need to be held to higher standards, argues Saurabh Jha, MD

<乌鸦传媒>Stroke Rounds: Nonstenosing Carotid Plaque Linked to Stroke

Implications for secondary prevention, study authors say

<乌鸦传媒>Thrombectomy Can Be Safe in Kids

But catheter size and smaller burst time are important, case-series suggests

<乌鸦传媒>Immune Globulin: First for Severe Statin Reaction?

Small case study supports not waiting in statin-triggered autoimmune myopathy

<乌鸦传媒>Guidelines Issued for Managing Temperature During CBP

Clinicians now have officially sanctioned procedures to follow

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Approves First PCSK9 Inhibitor

Indication given for heterozygous HF and secondary prevention

<乌鸦传媒>Statins Before 40 in Type 1 Diabetes?

Observational study says heart risk might be high enough in 30s.

<乌鸦传媒>Smoking After Stenting Ups Chest Pain

Post-PCI angina more common among smokers.

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBreak: Modern Bloodletting, a New Statin Strategy

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine.

<乌鸦传媒>Mild Stenosis Linked to Death in Diabetes

Long-term registry shows impact similar to single-vessel obstruction.

<乌鸦传媒>Atherosclerosis a Signal for Brain Drain?

Plaque burden was linked to cognitive impairment in a population-based study.

<乌鸦传媒>Patients Should Share Accountability for Own Health

A new report recommends doctors not be penalized for poor outcomes if patients fail to follow recommended protocols

<乌鸦传媒>How To Get Medicare To Cover A Spa Trip

Good news for doctors who think their patients need a trip to the spa: Medicare will reimburse, with only two catches.

<乌鸦传媒>Fatty Liver Tied to Diabetes, Atherosclerosis

LONDON -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an independent predictor of both type 2 diabetes and carotid atherosclerosis, according to two studies presented here at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of the Liver.

<乌鸦传媒>ACC: Statins Tied to Boost in Men's Sexual Function

WASHINGTON -- Statins appeared to improve erectile function to a clinically meaningful degree, according to a meta-analysis.

<乌鸦传媒>Is There a Flaw in This Large Vitamin D Trial?

A co-principal investigator of the VITAL trial addresses the possibility that out-of-study testing of vitamin D levels and initiation of high-dose supplementation could be a limitation, but not a serious one.

<乌鸦传媒>CardioBuzz: More Money Needed for Heart Research?

The NIH dedicates a lot of money for research into heart disease and stroke, but it still might not be enough, a new study suggested.

<乌鸦传媒>Diabetes: TAVI Trumps Heart Surgery

Patients with diabetes who had aortic stenosis fared better in terms of mortality and kidney function during the first year if they underwent transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) rather than surgery, a post-hoc analysis found.

<乌鸦传媒>FDA Flags Risk of Nuclear Stress Test Drugs

SILVER SPRING, Md. -- Two agents used in cardiac nuclear stress tests may carry a greater risk of heart attack and death than previously believed, the FDA said Wednesday.

<乌鸦传媒>New Nerve Tracer Not Ready for Routine Use?

CHICAGO -- The radiotracer iodine-123-metaiodobenzylguanidine may be a new tool for cardiac imaging, but whether it's ready for routine use in most practices was debated by nuclear cardiologists here.

<乌鸦传媒>Lab Notes: Meth May Worsen Fungal Infection

Mice injected with methamphetamine and exposed to Cryptococcus fungi showed more extensive and hard-to-eradicate infections. Also this week: an organic pesticide fights parasitic worms.

<乌鸦传媒>Zilver Stent Recalled, System May Break

Cook Medical's Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent for peripheral artery disease has been recalled because of a defect in its associated delivery system, the company and the FDA said.

<乌鸦传媒>Anatomy of an Epidemic: The Opioid Movie

The national clamor over abuse of prescription opioids is now at a fever pitch, but little has been said about what drove the boon in opioid prescriptions. This latest report from 乌鸦传媒/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel analyzes a pivotal Oxycontin marketing video, it's impact and its aftermath.

<乌鸦传媒>Engineers Turn Fat into Blood Vessels

Liposuction can provide the raw materials for growing new small-diameter blood vessels in the lab, researchers found.

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