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Post-CABG Bleed Risk Climbs When Anticoagulants Added to Dual Antiplatelets

Post-CABG Bleed Risk Climbs When Anticoagulants Added to Dual Antiplatelets Key Takeaways Among patients undergoing Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, those who received single-antiplatelet therapy with aspirin  (ASA) or dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin plus Clopidogrel showed no difference in risk for major bleeding or postoperative mortality. The risk of bleeding events was increased in patients receiving […]

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Anticoagulants in Older Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

• Why is atrial fibrillation (AF) common in older patients? Are stroke risk factors the same in older patients compared with younger patients?       AF is very common in the older population. Population studies have shown that 80% of all AF occurs in patients aged 65 years or older. These patients have multiple […]

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Epidemiologic Data Suggest Ceramide Link To CVD Risk

Epidemiologic Data Suggest Ceramide Link To CVD Risk Key Takeaways In American Indians (Native Americans) with type 2 diabetes , higher plasma levels of ceramide-16 (ceramide with acylated palmitic acid) associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular disease events, especially CVD events associated with atherosclerosis. The results also suggested other possible associations between plasma levels […]

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Renal Denervation BP Benefits Remain at 3 Years: SYPRAL HTN-ON

Radiofrequency renal denervation provided progressive reductions in blood pressure at 3 years in patients on antihypertensive medication but this did not translate into fewer antihypertensive drugs, new results from the SPYRAL HTN-ON MED trial show. At 36 months, 24-hour ambulatory systolic and diastolic blood pressures were 10.0 mm Hg (P = .003) and 5.9 mm Hg […]

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