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The updated breast cancer results in the canceled estrogen-only arm of the Womens Health Initiative (WHI) are based on 237 cases of invasive breast cancer and 55 cases of cancer in situ, diagnosed by the February 29, 2004, date of study cancellation.
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Although patients with SVG plaque ruptures are older and have more co-morbidities, the clinical presentation and angiographic and IVUS features are remarkably similar to those of native artery plaque ruptures.
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Controversy exists concerning the usefulness of stress testing for low-risk patients held for observation in a chest pain unit.
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The observation that beta-blockers do not reduce cardiovascular events as compared to other agents with equal blood pressure lowering in clinical trials may be due to different effects on central aortic pressure.
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These prospective data suggest that sudden cardiac death during exertion is an extremely rare event in women.
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These findings support the aggressive development of alternative screening methods to enhance identification of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death.
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Aggressive LDL lowering with statins, so-called "very intensive statin therapy," leads to reversal of coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study.
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It has been recently identified that NADIR values in serial CA125 values during adjuvant primary post-operative chemotherapy are prognostic even within the normal range (less than 35).