CardioExchange Archive

September 10th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 10th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the safety risks of drugs that have gone through the FDA’s expedited approval program, a Framingham Heart Study paper on aortic stiffness in the elderly, and using CMR to detect previously undetected MI in older adults.

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September 6th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 6th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics includes studies on aspirin plus clopidogrel in patients with recent lacunar stroke and the risk of coronary events in patients with either CKD or diabetes.

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August 28th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 28th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include studies on biolimus-eluting stents vs. bare-metal stents, risk markers to improve CV event prediction, common carotid intima-media thickness and CV risk prediction, aspirin with alteplase for acute ischemic stroke, and lipid-lowering therapy (and its benefits and harms) in patients with CKD.

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August 20th, 2012

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include studies on the benefits of drug-eluting vs. bare-metal stents, using walking speed and blood pressure measurements to predict mortality in the elderly, stroke and bleeding in AF with chronic kidney disease, and the diagnosis and management of peripheral artery disease.

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August 13th, 2012

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include using existing data for new research; normal weight, diabetes, and non-CVD death; cholesterol levels in U.S. kids; statins and diabetes; HDL-C and MI protection; statin treatment; hypertension treatment; clopidogrel and PPIs; and an analysis behind the “innovation crisis” of the pharmaceutical industry.

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August 8th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 8th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include heart failure and depression, endoscopic vs. open vein-graft harvest for CABG, linagliptin vs. glimepiride in those with type-2 diabetes, weight gain with smoking cessation, ACE inhibitors and pneumonia risk, and the effect of speech therapy after stroke.

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July 30th, 2012

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the ROMICAT-II study, articles on n-3 fatty acids and basal insulin for preventing CV events in those with dysglycemia, citicoline for acute ischemic stroke, hypertension misperceptions and medication adherence, and more.

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July 23rd, 2012

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include studies on the effect of physical inactivity on worldwide health, transplantation of a vein bioengineered with autologous stem cells, flecainide for preventing AF after electrical cardioversion, and whether bevacizumab and ranibizumab increase certain CV risks.

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July 16th, 2012

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include studies on rhythm vs. rate control in AF, thiazolidinediones and the risk for macular edema, and the effect of acadesine on morbidity and mortality associated with CABG.

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July 12th, 2012

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 12th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include sex differences in the protective effect of statins, an action measure to lower BP among diabetics, a prediction tool for initial survivors of in-hospital cardiac arrest, the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary embolism, an intervention to prevent medication errors after hospital discharge, and rehospitalization after acute MI.

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