May 11th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: May 11th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include a comparison of catheter ablation for persistent AF, left atrial appendage exclusion with the Lariat device, the obesity paradox in type 2 diabetes, and more.
February 16th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: February 16th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include blood pressure lowering in type 2 diabetes and the trajectories of risk after hospitalization for HF, acute MI, or pneumonia.
January 5th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 5th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
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.
November 3rd, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: November 3rd
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include dual-antiplatelet treatment beyond one year after DES implantation, reappraisal of thienopyridine pretreatment in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome, and more.
October 13th, 2014
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: October 13th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include a comparison of once-weekly dulaglutide and once-daily liraglutide in metformin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes and variation in patients’ perceptions of elective PCI in stable CAD.
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.
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.
September 15th, 2014
New Observations on Saxagliptin
Benjamin Scirica, MD MPH
Benjamin Scirica discusses his study group’s new analysis of data from the SAVOR-TIMI 53 randomized, placebo-controlled trial of saxagliptin in patients with type 2 diabetes.
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.
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.