Posts Tagged ‘mortality’

March 2nd, 2015

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

This week’s topics include NSAID use in patients receiving antithrombotic therapy after MI, sauna bathing, Eugene Braunwald’s lecture on the war against heart failure, and more.


January 26th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 26th

This week’s topics include dietary sodium content, mortality, and CVD risk in older adults, the ROX CONTROL HTN study, and more.


January 5th, 2015

Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 5th

This week’s topics include metformin in patients with type 2 diabetes and kidney disease, mortality and treatment patterns among patients hospitalized with acute CV conditions during national cardiology meetings, and more.


August 7th, 2014

How Should We Evaluate Hospital Care?

Dr. Xiao Xu weighs in on the question of how we should quantify the cost-effectiveness of hospital care.


June 30th, 2014

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

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


June 9th, 2014

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

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.


May 27th, 2014

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

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


May 8th, 2014

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

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.


November 11th, 2013

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

This week’s topic is the association between testosterone therapy with mortality, MI, and stroke in men with low testosterone.


November 4th, 2013

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

This week’s topics include an observational study of better diet quality and decreased mortality among MI survivors and a clinical review of circulatory shock.