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heartbriefs
Nov 5, 2009 17:30 EST
A national survey shows that although the majority of state Medicaid programs offer coverage for some form of tobacco-dependence treatment, most fall far short of a stated mandate to provide unrestricted access to approved therapies.
Medscape Medical News
Nov 5, 2009 14:15 EST
Two new papers should help put to rest concerns that low serum cholesterol levels may increase cancer risk.
Lipid/Metabolic
Nov 5, 2009 11:45 EST
The syndrome (defined by ATP III criteria) can predict increased cardiovascular and mortality risk or not, depending on which three of five risk factors contributed to the diagnosis, a cohort study suggests; its investigators caution that their observations are only preliminary.
heartbriefs
Nov 4, 2009 17:30 EST
Statin users hospitalized for influenza experienced a 54% lower risk of death compared with patients not taking statins.
Hypertension
2 COMMENTS - Nov 4, 2009 14:30 EST
More discussion about the J-curve in hypertension is published this week; one expert believes the undue attention being paid to this subject might discourage doctors from treating high blood pressure aggressively.
heartbriefs
Nov 4, 2009 13:15 EST
In keeping with all the other evidence showing no effects of homocysteine-lowering with B vitamins, the FAVORIT study now confirms that this lack of benefit is also seen in renal-transplant recipients.
Prevention
1 COMMENT - Nov 4, 2009 09:45 EST
Long work shifts with nighttime on-call duty, with the inevitable interruptions of sleep, are associated with ECG, blood-pressure, and biochemical changes associated with increased cardiovascular risk, suggests a randomized crossover study that hints at a sustained effect on the risk markers if the 24-hour shifts happen too frequently.
Interventional/Surgery
5 COMMENTS - Nov 3, 2009 14:30 EST
A US update on the perioperative use of beta blockers for noncardiac surgery is, says the lead author, "similar" to recent European guidance on this issue.
Imaging
5 COMMENTS - Nov 3, 2009 11:45 EST
The 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule released by the CMS makes major cuts to several cardiovascular imaging services.
Hypertension
3 COMMENTS - Nov 2, 2009 17:00 EST
A synergistic approach of educating general practitioners about hypertension control together with a program to send lay workers into people's homes to educate them about the management of high blood pressure has proven successful in low- to middle-income households in Pakistan.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Oct 29, 2009 10:30 EDT
Two well-known observational registries highlight such changes in women and men over a decade or more: Do women younger than 55 still have an advantage over men in the same age group?
Interventional/Surgery
1 COMMENT - Oct 28, 2009 16:45 EDT
Only 101 of 1169 post-bypass-surgery patients eligible for an ICD got one over a 13-year period in Nova Scotia.
Acute Coronary Syndromes
4 COMMENTS - Oct 27, 2009 14:30 EDT
Women and men have the same rates of chest pain and other classic symptoms during ACS, although women are more likely to experience some other symptoms such as jaw and neck pain.
Interventional/Surgery
2 COMMENTS - Oct 27, 2009 12:15 EDT
Administration of blood products to stable patients post-cardiac surgery increases their risk of death, renal failure, and sepsis, according to new research.
Lipid/Metabolic
1 COMMENT - Oct 27, 2009 10:00 EDT
While post hoc analyses of ACCORD data suggest there are subgroups of diabetic patients who may not benefit from an aggressive glucose-lowering approach, similar analyses with ADVANCE data did not identify subgroup differences.
heartbriefs
Oct 26, 2009 16:00 EDT
The distribution of body fat, as well as the amount, is important when it comes to the risk of venous thromboembolism, Danish researchers have discovered.
Interventional/Surgery
4 COMMENTS - Oct 26, 2009 13:00 EDT
A new analysis of national registry data suggests that the superior outcomes of NSTEMI patients in hospitals with open-heart-surgery capabilities vs those without it are due to their size, procedure volume, and adherence to medication guidelines.
Lipid/Metabolic
1 COMMENT - Oct 26, 2009 10:00 EDT
Intensive lifestyle intervention in the management of diabetes produces sustained weight loss and improvements in fitness, as well as improvements in glycemic control, systolic blood pressure, and HDL-cholesterol levels.
Arrhythmia/EP
1 COMMENT - Oct 23, 2009 16:30 EDT
The fact that elevated baseline NT-proBNP levels predict a diagnosis of AF even 16 years later suggests that peptide elevations precede the onset of arrhythmia, according to the researchers.
heartbriefs
Oct 23, 2009 15:30 EDT
Data from Japanese atomic-bomb survivors and people exposed to radiation in their jobs show that even low doses of ionizing radiation may contribute to cardiovascular disease risk. British researchers have created a complex mathematical model to better understand the relationship between radiation exposure and heart disease.
Lipid/Metabolic
Oct 23, 2009 13:30 EDT
The low event rate in the RECORD trial of rosiglitazone has led some to question the validity of the results.
Lipid/Metabolic
Oct 22, 2009 18:30 EDT
A drug originally developed to treat diabetes may have promise as an obesity therapy, a new study shows. Those taking liraglutide, a GLP-1 analog, lost more weight than those on an established obesity medication, orlistat.
Clinical cardiology
Oct 22, 2009 11:00 EDT
A new literature review confirms that conventional cooling methods work safely to improve survival and reduce brain damage after cardiac arrest.
Brain/Kidney/Peripheral
Oct 22, 2009 08:30 EDT
Investigators show benefits of thrombolysis after stroke across a variety of subgroups; although not all end points reached statistical significance, trends favored treatment with tPA. The message, though, remains to treat as soon as possible, they say.
Brain/Kidney/Peripheral
Oct 21, 2009 13:00 EDT
Intravenously administered iloprost, a prostacyclin analog, may help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing coronary procedures, a new pilot study suggests.

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