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Is There an Association Between Azithromycin and CV Events Among Older Pneumonia Patients?

11.06.20141611

According to the 2012 National Vital Statistics Reports, pneumonia and influenza together are the leading cause of infectious death in the U.S. and the eighth cause of all death.

Blood Pressure and Incidence of Twelve Cardiovascular Diseases: Lifetime Risks, Healthy Life-Years Lost, and Age-Specific Associations in 1.25 Million People

10.06.20141797

What are associations of hypertension with 12 different forms of cardiovascular disease across different age groups?

Undiagnosed, Untreated: Hidden Diabetes Common in Acute MI

09.06.20141941

Physicians failed to diagnose incident diabetes in 69% of the cases, according to research presented here June 3 at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2014 .

Periprocedural Management of New Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

06.06.20141798

Periprocedural Management of New Oral Anticoagulants in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

STEMI Rate Steady in Younger Women

05.06.20142165

Women younger than 55 have not been seeing the improvements in recent years in rates of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) observed in older women and men of all ages, researchers found.

Stable angina pectoris with no obstructive coronary artery disease is associated with increased risks of major adverse cardiovascular events

04.06.20141762

Patients with chest pain and no obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) are considered at low risk for cardiovascular events but evidence supporting this is scarce.

Stopping statins for terminal patients doesn't hasten death and may improve their quality of life, a trial showed.

03.06.20141561

The 60-day mortality rate didn't differ significantly after discontinuation of long-standing statin therapy compared with staying on it,Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD, of Duke University Medical Center, and colleagues found.