CardioExchange Archive

July 7th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the effect of patients’ risks and preferences on health gains with plasma glucose level lowering in type 2 diabetes, a meta-analysis of revascularization vs. medical treatment in patients with stable CAD, and more.

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June 30th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include atrial fibrillation and cryptogenic stroke, higher potency statins and the risk for new diabetes, and more.

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June 23rd, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include thrombolysis for pulmonary embolism, the effect of screening and lifestyle counseling on the incidence of ischemic heart disease in the general population, and more.

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June 16th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include statins and physical activity in older men, transitional care interventions to prevent heart-failure readmissions, and more.

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June 9th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the CORONARY trial, the association of azithromycin with mortality and CV events among older patients hospitalized with pneumonia, and more.

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June 2nd, 2014

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 2nd

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the durability of class I ACC/AHA clinical practice guideline recommendations and several papers on hypertension.

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May 27th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include mortality trends in patients with diabetes, cardiovascular remodeling in CAD and HF, and more.

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May 12th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topic is the influence of healthy candidate bias when assessing clinical effectiveness for ICDs.

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May 8th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include darapladib for preventing ischemic events in stable CHD, the DAMASCENE analysis, a review of John Brush’s new book, and more.

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April 28th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include BP targets during septic shock, reducing time-to-needle times in acute ischemic stroke, and an increase in fat and calorie consumption in U.S. statin users.

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