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For patients aged older than 65 years with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) hospitalization

Generic Clopidogrel Noninferior to Plavix in Seniors With ACS

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Clopidogrel noninferior for patients older than 65 years after acute coronary syndrome hospitalization
The 10-year costs associated with cardiovascular disease are considerable

Considerable Resource Use, Costs for Cardiovascular Care

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Ten-year health care costs were $23,142 in MESA cohort; 78 percent of costs linked to medication use
Higher circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 concentrations are associated with an increased risk of incident coronary heart disease

Circulating FGF23 Linked to Incident Coronary Heart Disease

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After adjustment for hormone therapy use in women, associations no longer differed by sex
Coronary risk scores for predicting major adverse cardiac events in patients with possible acute coronary syndrome perform well when using a cardiac troponin I cut-off below the 99th percentile

Coronary Risk Scores Accurate When Used With Low cTnI

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Accuracy of HEART and EDACS improved when using low cardiac troponin I cut-offs
Among women with suspected ischemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease

Women With Non-Obstructive CAD May Suffer From Myocardial Scars

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Cardiac MR accurately diagnoses; myocardial scars may affect 8 percent of women with non-obstructive CAD
For patients with type 1 diabetes

Coronary Artery Dz Extent Similar in Men, Women With T1DM

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Extent of CAD similar for those admitted for coronary angiography; no difference in long-term mortality
There are few significant differences in target-vessel failure with different types of second-generation drug-eluting stents for obstructive left main coronary artery disease

Second-Gen Drug-Eluting Stents Similarly Effective for LMCAD

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Only one significant between-group difference in three-year risk of target-vessel failure for left main CAD
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has found that the current evidence is inadequate to assess the benefits and harms of screening with electrocardiogram for atrial fibrillation in older adults; and for low-risk adults

USPSTF Reviews Use of ECG for Preventing A-Fib, CVD Events

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I statement for use of ECG in A-fib in seniors; D recommendation against ECG for reducing CVD risk
In patients with diabetes and multivessel coronary artery disease

CABG May Be Best Method to Revascularize in Diabetes

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Cardiac, cerebrovascular events lower in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease
For patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding and coronary artery disease

In CAD With GI Bleeding, Higher Mortality With Triple Therapy

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Increased mortality at 90 days in patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding, coronary artery disease