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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

27.01.20141950

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.

Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Statins on Mortality in Patients With Preserved Ejection Fraction

22.01.20141939

No therapy has been shown to improve survival in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF).

Travel grants for young cardiologists to visit ESC Congress 2014 in Barcelona

21.01.20144242

February 14 is the deadline for abstract submission to European Society of Cardiology Congress 2014 to be held in Barcelona, Spain from August 30 to September 3, 2014.