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10.08.20151546
Among adults with rheumatoid arthritis, starting a statin prescription led to a 21% drop in risk of dying from any cause, compared with not using statins, according to a study published online Aug. 5 in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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07.08.20151468
Researchers studied 17,291 patients with hypertension using data from the Indiana Network for Patient Care database (2004-2012).
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06.08.20151572
Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of thromboembolic events. Compared to AF-related stroke, extracranial systemic embolic events (SEE) remain poorly defined.
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05.08.20151466
Researchers analyzed 4,959 patients aged 65 years or older from the Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry–Get With the Guidelines.
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04.08.20151620
Higher levels of C-reactive protein at the time of PCI were predictive of all-cause mortality and MI at 10 years, researchers reported in a new study.
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03.08.20151485
The first U.S. patients have been enrolled in the RE-DUAL PCI and RE-CIRCUIT trials of the safety and efficacy of dabigatran in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, according to a press release from Boehringer Ingelheim.
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31.07.20151615
As non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) brings a risk of stroke, oral anticoagulants (OAC) are recommended.
