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<乌鸦传媒>Placebo Effect Works for Heart Procedures, Too

Keeping 'eyes on the prize' appears to improve outcomes

<乌鸦传媒>Cath Lab Recap: Killer Pacemakers; Heart Monitoring Underwear

Interventional cardiology news to note

<乌鸦传媒>AHA: Unnecessary Stress Testing Still Alive And Kicking?

More tests given to younger patients in large population study

<乌鸦传媒>AHA: Lower Better for Plaque Regression with PCSK9 Drugs

No diminishing returns at very low LDL levels in GLAGOV trial

<乌鸦传媒>TCT: Orsiro No Better Than EES for CTO

Also, injectable collagenase eases PCI for CTO in trial

<乌鸦传媒>TCT: Trials Split on PCI vs CABG for Left Main Disease

NOBLE hands advantage to surgery, EXCEL finds noninferiority

<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>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>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>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>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>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>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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