Arrhythmias & EP
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Less aggressive anticoagulation appears safe after high-risk aortic valve replacement
Major finding: The composite primary endpoint of major bleed, stroke, transient ischemic attack, thromboembolic events, and thrombosis occurred in...
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Dietary antioxidants linked to reduced postoperative atrial fib
Major finding: Patients in the top tertile for dietary antioxidant consumption developed 51% fewer postoperative atrial fibrillation cases,...
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Long detection cuts inappropriate shocks from ICDs
Major Finding: The long-detection–interval group had a significantly lower rate of therapies delivered, a significantly lower rate of...
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Beware warfarin interaction with antibiotics, acetaminophen, steroids
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Azithromycin cardiovascular risk perhaps in subgroup only
Major finding: Death rates from cardiovascular causes were 1.1/1,000 person-years with azithromycin and 1.5/1,000 person-years on penicillin V, a...
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ECG keys pre-sport participation screening
Major finding: Cardiac symptoms with no group 2 ECG abnormality were associated with no cases of dangerous cardiac pathology.Data source: Data...
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BLOCK-HF published: Biventricular pacing aids certain heart failure patients
Major Finding: The rate of death from any cause, an urgent care visit for HF, or an increase of 15% or more in LV end-systolic volume index...
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Women have more complications with ICDs
Major finding: One year after receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, women were 91% more likely to develop a major complication and...
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Amiodarone increases cancer risk in men
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Atrial fib symptoms milder but mortality higher in men
Major finding: Cardiovascular death in women with atrial fibrillation was 54% lower than affected men after adjustment for clinical differences....
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Digoxin linked to doubled mortality in atrial fib
Major finding: Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation patients who received digoxin had twice the mortality of new a fib patients not on the drug....