11.08.20151648
Patients in the ENGAGE AF-TIMI 48 trial who received amiodarone at randomization in addition to a lower-dose regimen of edoxaban experienced a reduction in ischemic events vs. warfarin compared with those on the lower-dose alone, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.
10.08.20151612
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.
07.08.20151543
Researchers studied 17,291 patients with hypertension using data from the Indiana Network for Patient Care database (2004-2012).
06.08.20151635
Nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF) is a major cause of thromboembolic events. Compared to AF-related stroke, extracranial systemic embolic events (SEE) remain poorly defined.
05.08.20151536
Researchers analyzed 4,959 patients aged 65 years or older from the Acute Coronary Treatment and Intervention Outcomes Network Registry–Get With the Guidelines.
04.08.20151691
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.
03.08.20151557
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.