CardioExchange Archive

May 11th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: May 11th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include a comparison of catheter ablation for persistent AF, left atrial appendage exclusion with the Lariat device, the obesity paradox in type 2 diabetes, and more.

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May 7th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: May 7th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics are a comparison of a retrievable inferior vena cava filter plus anticoagulation vs. anticogulation alone for recurrent PE, the cost effectiveness and population impact of statins for primary prevention in U.S. adults age 75 and older, and more.

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April 27th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: April 27th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include a contemporary appraisal of the heart-failure epidemic in Olmstead County, Minnesota, and a study of ex-vivo perfusion of donor hearts for human heart transplantation.

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April 20th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: April 20th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the efficacy and safety of both alirocumab and evolocumab in reducing lipids and CV events, survival and outcomes following bioprosthetic vs. mechanical mitral valve replacement, and more.

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April 13th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: April 13th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the TOTAL trial and surgical ablation of AF during mitral-valve surgery.

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April 9th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: April 9th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the PROMISE trial, the efficacy of folic acid therapy in primary prevention of stroke among patients with hypertension in China, and more.

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March 30th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 30th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include two papers comparing everolimus-eluting stents and CABG and a study of short-term exposure to air pollution and stroke.

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March 23rd, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 23rd

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include antiplatelet therapy duration following bare metal or drug-eluting coronary stents, thrombolysis in acute ischemic stroke, and more.

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March 16th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 16th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include endovascular therapy for ischemic stroke with perfusion-imaging selection, innovation and implementation in CV medicine, statin intolerance, and more.

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March 9th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: March 9th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the effects of low BP in cognitively impaired elderly patients taking antihypertensive drugs and the effects of blood-pressure lowering on CV risk according to baseline BMI.

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