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- in Cardiovascular
- — 6 Nov, 2007
Oral Contraceptive Use: More Carotid and Femoral Atheroschlerosis Later in Life

Ernst Rietzschel

Jennifer Mieres
REFERENCE: News Briefing, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
N Engl J Med 2007;357
ERNST RIETZSCHEL, University of Ghent, Belgium
COMMENT: JENNIFER MIERES, New York University
Women who used the contraceptive pill
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 27 Mar, 2007
“RADIANCE-1” Study: Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Inhibitor Fails to Benefit Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
JOHN KASTELEIN, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
REFERENCE: Abstract 407-7, American College of Cardiolgy New Orleans
A drug which raises HDL and reduces circulating levels of LDL has nevertheless failed to reduce atherosclerotic progression in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. This disappointing
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- in Cardiovascular
- — 9 Feb, 2007
The Wingspan Stent: Safe Intra-Cranial Angioplasty?
FELIPE ALBUQUERQUE, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix
REFERENCE: Abstract 102
The Wingspan stent is a new approach to keeping open the atherosclerotic intracranial vessels of stroke and TIA patients. Early results presented to the San Francisco Conference suggest that it doesn’t
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