CardioExchange Archive

September 22nd, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 22nd

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include one-year outcomes after thrombus aspiration for MI, the evaluation and treatment of older patients with hypercholesterolemia, and more.

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September 15th, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 15th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include prehospital ticagrelor in STEMI, ivabradine in stable CAD without clinical HF, FFR-guided PCI for stable CAD, and more.

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September 8th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the PARADIGM-HF trial, sham controls in medical-device trials, the efficacy of β blockers in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and more.

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September 1st, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: September 1st

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include aortic valve stenosis, presenting the benefits of PCI to patients, and more.

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August 18th, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 18th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the three sodium studies from NEJM, the CLARIFY study, and more.

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August 11th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the effects of intensive glucose control on ischemic heart disease and a meta-analysis of the effects of thrombolysis with alteplase for acute ischemic stroke.

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August 4th, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: August 4th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topic is on the trends in use of ezetimibe after the ENHANCE trial.

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July 28th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include a comparison of catheter-directed thrombolysis plus anticoagulation and anticoagulation alone to treat DVT, several papers on dabigatran and bleeding risk, and more.

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July 21st, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: July 21st

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the effects of extended-release niacin with laropiprant in high-risk patients and dual-antiplatelet beyond one year after DES implantation.

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July 14th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics are leucocyte telomere length and the risk for CVD, and the association between alcohol and CVD.

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