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Four-Variable Risk Model in Men and Women With Heart Failure

30.01.20141790

Risk stratification is an integral component of clinical decision making in heart failure.

Higher AMI Mortality for Off-Hour Emergency-Department Presenters

29.01.20142042

Patients with an acute MI who present to the emergency department in the evening or on the weekend are more likely to die within 30 days than those who present during regular working hours, a new meta-analysis shows.

USPSTF: Screen Older Male Smokers for AAA

28.01.20141932

Routine, one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with an ultrasound should be confined to men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked, updated draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) reiterated.

2nd International Congress of Medical Cooperation in Cardiology

27.01.20141902

Vitamin D Blog: Protection Is Futile

27.01.20141952

Only a month into 2014 and already PubMed lists nearly 70 new studies on vitamin D.

Acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of short-term survival in national outcome registries in Sweden and the UK

24.01.20141976

International research for acute myocardial infarction lacks comparisons of whole health systems. We assessed time trends for care and outcomes in Sweden and the UK.

Efficacy and Safety of Ivabradine in Patients With Severe Chronic Systolic Heart Failure (from the SHIFT Study)

23.01.20141825

Ivabradine's safety profile in severe HF was indistinguishable from less severe. In conclusion, our analysis confirms that heart rate reduction with ivabradine can be safely used in severe HF and may improve clinical outcomes independently of disease severity.