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Blood pressure and incidence of twelve cardiovascular diseases

13.08.20141663

The associations of blood pressure with the different manifestations of incident cardiovascular disease in a contemporary population have not been compared.

Increased Mortality Associated With Digoxin in Contemporary Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

12.08.20141978

Despite endorsement of digoxin in clinical practice guidelines, there exist limited data on its safety in atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF).

Rates of and Factors Associated With Infection in 200,909 Medicare Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implants: Results From the NCDR

11.08.20141623

What are the rates and predictors of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) infection in a large cohort of Medicare patients?

WPW Syndrome in the Era of Catheter Ablation: Insights From a Registry Study of 2169 Patients

08.08.20142196

What are the long-term outcomes in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals with a Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern on the electrocardiogram?

Nearly one in six teens and adults who initially survive a stroke before age 50 die over the next decade, a Finnish study showed

07.08.20141700

The mortality rate of people who survived at least a month after having a stroke at age 15 to 49 was 15.7% over a mean 10 years of follow-up and 23.0% cumulatively with up to 17 years of follow-up...

Return to Warfarin Okay After TBI?

06.08.20141756

Restarting warfarin (Coumadin) after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) improved overall outcomes despite the bleeding risk, an observational Medicare study showed.

New class of drug targets heart disease

05.08.20141741

Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a synthetic peptide that could be the first in a new class of drugs to treat heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.