Search results for "Cardiology"
New guidelines on perioperative evaluation and management
Cardiology experts released new guidelines on perioperative care of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/08/05/6.htm
5 Aug 2014
Tips for using statins, PCSK9 inhibitors in chronic CAD
Guidelines for reducing cardiovascular risk are shifting with the evidence.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2017/06/statin.htm
1 Jun 2017
Cardiologists highlight prevention, clopidogrel
Subspecialists leading the Internal Medicine 2010 cardiology pre-course offer advice, but also accept some from general internists about preventing cardiovascular events in high-risk patients.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2010/06/cardiology.htm
1 Jun 2010
Dual antiplatelet therapy may be safer than triple therapy in older patients with acute MI, afib after PCI
Older patients with acute myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention appear to have a higher risk for major bleeding, both early and long-term, with triple therapy versus dual antiplatelet therapy.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2015/08/04/4.htm
4 Aug 2015
Home BP monitoring works, but not as well alone
Home blood pressure monitoring needs to be combined with other interventions and the data collected must be used to engage the patient in some way to have the greatest effect.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2020/11/home-bp-monitoring-works-but-not-as-well-alone.htm
1 Nov 2020
Endogenous sex hormone levels associated with CVD in postmenopausal women
Researchers used data from women participating in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) who did not have cardiovascular disease and had levels of testosterone, estradiol, dehydroepiandrosterone, and sex hormone binding globulin measured at baseline.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/06/05/1.htm
5 Jun 2018
Effects of heart failure therapies on quality of life compared
Sacubitril/valsartan may improve limitations in physical and social activities that are important to patients with heart failure, researchers noted.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2018/04/10/1.htm
10 Apr 2018
New BP guideline seeks earlier intervention
Recategorized, lower thresholds might give physicians effective new weapons in the fight against hypertension, but some contend that it's premature to change clinical practice.
https://immattersacp.org/archives/2018/03/new-bp-guideline-seeks-earlier-intervention.htm
1 Mar 2018
Beta-blockers not associated with lower risk of death after acute MI in patients without heart failure, study finds
The insignificant effect of beta-blockers on survival was also apparent at one month and six months after discharge, as well as in separate analyses of patients with STEMI and NSTEMI.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2017/06/06/5.htm
6 Jun 2017
Guideline released on management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes
The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) released the “2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes” (NSTE-ACS) last week.
https://immattersacp.org/weekly/archives/2014/09/30/6.htm
30 Sep 2014