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Category: AHA 2005

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  • Primary PCI: Better in the Real World, Too 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Primary PCI: Better in the Real World, Too

    Primary angioplasty after a myocardial infarction is also better than thrombolysis in a real world setting: though up to two hours after the infarction the two methods are equivalent, according to Swedish findings from a study of 21 000 patients. …

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    ENDEAVOR or Cypher? Comparison of Drug Eluting Stents 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    ENDEAVOR or Cypher? Comparison of Drug Eluting Stents

    The ABT578-eluting ENDEAVOR stent has been compared head-to-head with sirolimus-eluting Cypher. Duke University’s David Kandzari told us more.
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  • Statins and ARBs: a Special Combination? 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Statins and ARBs: a Special Combination?

     John McMurray
    John McMurray

    The VALIANT trial compared ACE-inhibitor, ARB and a combination of the two in high-risk post-MI patients, and found there may be an interaction between them and statins. John McMurray from the Western Infirmary in Glasgow.
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    Aspirin Saves Women from Cardiovascular Death 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Aspirin Saves Women from Cardiovascular Death

     Jeffrey Berger
    Jeffrey Berger

    A study of 9 000 women with established cardiovascular disease has found that mortality is reduced by 25 per cent among those taking aspirin, and that the dose of daily aspirin does not affect this result. Jeffrey Berger…

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  • 50% of Women are Over-treated in Acute Coronary Syndromes 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    50% of Women are Over-treated in Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Registry analysis suggests women often receive too much treatment with glycoprotein 2B3A inhibitors. Duke University’s Karen Alexander told us more.
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    Stroke Prevention: Aspirin is Different in Women 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Stroke Prevention: Aspirin is Different in Women

    David Brown
    David Brown

    The effect of aspirin in preventing cerebrovascular disease is different in women as compared with men. A meta-analysis of six studies presented at the AHA meeting by David Brown shows that aspirin has a big role to play …

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  • Statins: It’s the LDL, Stupid! 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Statins: It’s the LDL, Stupid!

    In addition to lipid levels, statins are known to have anti-inflammatory, anti-thrombotic and immunomodulatory effects which could help explain their impact on cardiovascular outcomes. But do these pleiotropic effects matter, or is ta all down to lipid lowering? At the …

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    Aggressive Statins: the IDEAL Treatment 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Aggressive Statins: the IDEAL Treatment

    Terje Pedersen
    Terje Pedersen

    More evidence for the benefits of aggressive lipid-lowering with statins has come from the IDEAL study, which randomised nearly 9000 post-MI patients to either 80 mg of atorvastatin or 20/40 mg simvastatin daily. Terje Pedersen from Ulleval University …

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  • Eicosapentaenoic Acid: Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Eicosapentaenoic Acid: Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease

    A 20 000-person study of eicosapentaenoic acid supplements gave solid scientific support for EPA use to prevent cardiovascular events among patients with established coronary artery disease. Mitsuhiro Yokoyama of Kobe University told us more about it.
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    Warfarin Trumps Platelet Agents in Atrial Fibrilation 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Warfarin Trumps Platelet Agents in Atrial Fibrilation

    For atrial fibrillation, oral anti-coagulation remains the treatment of choice despite the potential of an anti-platelet regimen based on aspirin and clopidogrel, according to the ACTIVE-W trial. Stuart Connolly from McMaster University presented the findings.
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  • Engineered Blood Vessels Coming down the Pipe 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Engineered Blood Vessels Coming down the Pipe

    Todd McAllister
    Todd McAllister

    Blood vessels made through tissue engineering are being trialled in humans and may provide a future source of grafts from coronary applications. That is the latest from a California-based company, Cytograft, who presented details of their methods and …

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    Drug-eluting Stents: No Benefit in Vein Grafts 0
    • in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
    • — 17 Nov, 2005

    Drug-eluting Stents: No Benefit in Vein Grafts

    Drug-eluting stents should not be the favoured option for treating saphenous vein graft lesions according conclusions from a registry analysis presented to the American Heart Association conference by Jeff Trost from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore.
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