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Certain Antibiotic/Statin Combos May Be Unsafe Mix: Study

24.12.20141915

Seniors who take the antibiotic Biaxin (clarithromycin) along with certain types of cholesterol-lowering statins are at risk for drug interaction side effects that can lead to hospitalization or even death, a new study suggests.

The International Society of Hypertension offers entirely free Research Fellowships

24.12.20141719

Это замечательная возможность для молодых ученых и клиницистов, получающих ученую степень и стремящихся улучшить свое резюме, а также получить все преимущества от новой сети ISH New Investigator Network (ISHNIN).

Survival rates higher in obese patients with HF

23.12.20142288

Patients who were overweight or obese before diagnosis of HF had better survival rates after HF diagnosis compared with normal-weight patients with HF.

New trial will assess dabigatran for prevention of recurrent stroke

22.12.20141882

The first patient has been enrolled in the RE-SPECT ESUS study, which will investigate the safety of dabigatran etexilate for the prevention of recurrent embolic stroke of undetermined source, according to a press release from Boehringer Ingelheim.

Intraarterial Treatment May Be Successful Against Acute Ischemic Stroke Six Hours After Onset

19.12.20141692

For patients suffering from acute ischemic stroke caused by a proximal intracranial occlusion of the anterior circulation, intraarterial treatment administered within six hours after the stroke’s onset may be effective and safe.

Regurgitant Volume Informs Rate of Progressive Cardiac Dysfunction in Asymptomatic Patients With Chronic Aortic or Mitral Regurgitation

18.12.20141442

In asymptomatic patients with moderate to severe aortic regurgitation (AR) or mitral regurgitation (MR), does regurgitant volume index correlate with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction?

Hospital admissions for acute aortic dissection higher during flu season

17.12.20141714

Sandhu and colleagues conducted the study to compare national influenza activity from the CDC vs. monthly admissions for acute aortic dissection and their institution from 2001 to 2013.