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Clinical characteristics, risk factors, and prognostic analyses of coronary small vessel disease: a retrospective cohort study of 986 patients
CONCLUSION: Compared to non-CSVD, CSVD was associated with more complex lesions, had worse revascularization efficacy, and a poorer prognosis.PMID:37259582 | DOI:10.1080/00325481.2023.2221110
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - June 1, 2023 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Yue Chen Xiao Cui Liujun Jiang Xiaolei Xu Chaoyang Huang Qiwen Wang Source Type: research

Long-Term Use of Ticagrelor in Patients with Prior Heart Attack: Ticagrelor Plus Aspirin Versus Aspirin Monotherapy.
Authors: Amico F, Schlesinger A, Mazzoni J Abstract Review of: Bonaca MP, Bhatt DL, Braunwald E et al. Design and rationale for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared to Placebo on a Background of Aspirin-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 54 (PEGASUS-TIMI 54) trial. Am Heart J. 167(4), 437-444.e5 (2014). This Practice Pearl reviews the recent study Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Prior Heart Attack Using Ticagrelor Compared With Placebo on a Background of Aspirin-Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction 54 (PEGASUS-TIMI 54). It cha...
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - December 26, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

Implications for your practice: Important changes in the 2014 guideline for the management of patients with atrial fibrillation.
Authors: Littrell R, Flaker G Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an increasingly common cardiac arrhythmia, currently affecting more than 5 million Americans. Management of patients with AF can be complex, with key strategies including selecting rhythm control versus heart rate control and reducing the patient's risk of stroke or other systemic embolization. The American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology, and Heart Rhythm Society released 2014 Guideline for the Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation, which outlines several new recommendations with important clinical implications. Among th...
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - April 1, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research

Management of atrial fibrillation: What is new in the 2014 ACC/AHA/HRS guideline?
Authors: Rajagopalan B, Curtis AB Abstract Abstract Recently, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the Heart Rhythm Society published an updated guideline on the management of atrial fibrillation (AF). This document is a complete revision of the 2006 guideline. Prominent changes in the 2014 guideline include the use of the CHA2DS2-VASc score for risk stratification of stroke, recommendations on when and how to use newer oral anticoagulants for thromboprophylaxis, downgrading of the use of aspirin for thromboprophylaxis of moderate-risk patients, and the use of catheter ablation in...
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - March 11, 2015 Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research