CardioExchange Archive

January 30th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include articles on the FDA’s premarket approval of cardiac implantable electronic devices, the Stryker Wingspan stent system, and more.

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January 20th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include coronary artery calcium density and the risk for incident CV events, dietary fiber intake and the risk for CV disease, and more.

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January 13th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the risk for MI and ischemic heart disease among overweight and obese people with and without metabolic syndrome, and the lower risk for CV events in postmenopausal women taking estradiol compared with conjugated equine estrogens.

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January 6th, 2014

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include the NAVIGATOR study, trials of stents, mitral valve repair vs. replacement, and more.

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December 23rd, 2013

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include dual-antiplatelet therapy after zotarolimus-eluting stents, low-dose dopamine or low-dose nesiritide in acute HF with renal dysfunction, and more.

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December 23rd, 2013

Statins: Targeting Risk, but Risking Diabetes?

Emma Morton-Eggleston, MD, MPH and Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

Emma Morton-Eggleston and Richard Lehman share their correspondence with us, in which they debate whether it’s worth using statins to target CV risk if they might increase other risks, such as diabetes.

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December 16th, 2013

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include several trials of genotyping to guide starting doses of vitamin K antagonists, statins for primary prevention of CVD, and more.

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December 9th, 2013

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest, the safety and efficacy of DES in women, and more.

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December 2nd, 2013

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

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topic is the risk for first VTE among pregnant women who are hospitalized.

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November 25th, 2013

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: November 25th

Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP

This week’s topics include DAPT cessation and coronary events after PCI, statins and cognitive function, and more.

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