Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
July 2nd, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 2nd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include pay for performance, Don Berwick’s Harvard commencement address, tPA for ischemic stroke in warfarin-treated patients, surgery for infective endocarditis, the American health care system, and the record number of RECORD studies.
June 25th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 25th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics includes articles on industry regulation, the chronically comorbid, population risk for CV disease, and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) for ischemic stroke.
June 18th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 18th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include imaging risks, oral contraceptives and the risk for MI and stroke, smoking and mortality in those aged 60 and older, and wasteful spending on cardiovascular tests.
June 11th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 11th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include two studies of prognosis: troponin and mortality after non-cardiac surgery and predictors of heart-failure mortality.
June 6th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 6th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include cIMT and clinical outcome, CVD risk scores, door- vs. onset-to-balloon times, and dark chocolate consumption in people with high CVD risk.
May 29th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of May 28th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include treating obstructive sleep apnea, using aspirin for VTE, and prothrombotics.
May 21st, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of May 21st
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include warfarin vs. aspirin for stroke prevention in HF, CVD risks and azithromycin, coffee’s benefits, the old news that statins work, the question of HDL-C, abdominal aortic aneurysm, omega-3 fatty acid supplements, and Abbott’s methods for staying ahead with fenofibrate prescriptions.
May 14th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of May 14th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week Richard discusses studies of glucose, insulin, and potassium for MI, elective PCI with and without surgical standby, and varenicline and CV risk.
May 8th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of May 7th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include a comparison of abciximab and manual aspiration thrombectomy in STEMI, the quality of U.S. clinical trials, 2-year data on PARTNER, TAVR in inoperable decompensating stenosis, clopidogrel genetic testing, and strategies to reduce MI mortality.
April 30th, 2012
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: Week of April 30th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week, Richard looks at endocarditis and ICDs, more stent wars, stroke prevention in A-Fib, and more.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Cardiology Articles- To Lower Stroke Risk in Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Is a Device or a Medication Better?
- Intensive vs. Standard Blood Pressure Lowering in Patients with Diabetes
- Anticoagulation in Patients with Cancer-Associated Pulmonary Embolism: How Long is Long Enough?
- Spironolactone Use After Percutaneous Intervention for Acute Myocardial Infarction
- CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing for Transthyretin Cardiomyopathy