Afternoon Heart Surgery Linked to Better Patient Outcomes
Lower incidence of major adverse cardiac events for aortic valve replacement surgery in afternoon
Incretin Tied to Better Outcomes in NOCS-Diabetes
Prognosis for T2DM patients with NSTEMI, coronary artery stenosis improves with incretin
Chewing Ticagrelor Loading Dose May Be Beneficial in STEMI
Chewing facilitates better early platelet inhibition compared with standard oral loading dose
Cataract Surgery Associated With Reduced Mortality in Women
Lower all-cause, vascular-, cancer-, accidental-, neurologic-, pulmonary-specific mortality
Gifts From Pharma Companies Influence Prescribing Behavior
Clinicians who receive gifts write more prescriptions per patient, more costly and branded prescriptions
Borderline Pulmonary HTN Linked to Increased Mortality Risk
Increase in hazard of death with higher mean pulmonary arterial pressure, with no threshold seen
Diabetes Tied to Worse Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
However, long-term prognosis has improved in heart failure patients regardless of diabetes status
Secondary Prevention Meds Often Not Started Post-AMI in Seniors
More than a third of older nursing home residents did not start medication after myocardial infarction
Most Patients Satisfied With Relationship With Physician
But majority of patients, physicians think doctors don't have time to provide highest standard of care
September 2017 Briefing – Cardiology
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cardiology for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
