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CardioExchange, an NEJM practice community for medical professionals dedicated to improving cardiac patient care, was active from 2009 to 2015. CardioExchange fostered discussion between clinicians from across the globe.

Posts Tagged ‘major adverse cardiac events’

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October 14th, 2013

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 14th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include CRT in HF with a narrow QRS complex, a trial of edoxaban vs. warfarin for symptomatic VTE, and more.

Categories: General
Tags: airport noise, cardiac resynchronization therapy, cardiovascular risk, coronary stents, edoxaban, heart failure, major adverse cardiac events, narrow QRS complex, venous thromboembolism, warfarin

October 7th, 2013

A Novel Risk Score for Predicting MACE in Patients with Vasospastic Angina

Hiroaki Shimokawa, MD, PhD

Hiroaki Shimokawa discusses his research group’s JACC study, in which they developed a comprehensive clinical risk score for VSA patients.

Categories: Prevention
Tags: major adverse cardiac events, risk prognostication, vasospastic angina