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Treating Opioid-Dependent Patients with OAT; Long-Term Effects of Warfarin Use; Statins Multiple Benefits; FDA Actions
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Event-free survival after failed thrombolytic therapy was significantly higher with rescue PCI than with repeated thrombolysis or conservative treatment.
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Inflammatory cytokines are a feature of heart failure from any cause. Since statins inhibit the synthesis of inflammatory cytokines, Sola and colleagues hypothesized that they may benefit patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy.
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In the MADIT II study patients, inducibility was associated with an increased likelihood of VT.
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A risk score using simple clinical criteria may identify patients at high risk of early mortality after ICD implantation.
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Among patients with NSTE ACS, an elevated troponin level identifies patients at increased acute risk regardless of CK-MB status, but an isolated CK-MB+ status has limited prognostic value.
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Erectile dysfunction should prompt investigation and intervention for cardiovascular risk factors.
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Letrozole for Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer; Do Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicide?; Can Viagra Improve Heart Function?; Can Tamoxifen Increase Your Height?; A Dramatic Increase of Clostridium difficile; FDA Actions
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The relationship of stroke to myocardial infarction (MI) remains controversial. Thus, Witt and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, evaluated a community-based cohort of 2160 patients with acute MI hospitalized between 1979 and 1998 to determine the incidence of stroke after MI and its influence on survival. Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes were included. Follow-up averaged 5.6 years (range, 0-22 years).
