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in Cardiovascular
— 6 Nov, 2007

Rosuvastatin: No Significant Benefit for Older Patients with Systolic Heart Failure: CORONA Study Results

Ake Hjalmarson

Gordon Tomaselli

REFERENCE: Late Breaking Clinical Trials, Session 2, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
N Engl J Med 2007;357
AKE HJALMARSON, Sahlgrenska University, GÃ¶teborg
COMMENT: GORDON TOMASELLI, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
The lipid

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in Cardiovascular
— 16 Nov, 2006

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: reporting from American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, Chicago, November 12-15, 2006

Judith Hochman

Timothy Gardner

Girish Mood

Marc Cohen

Late Opening of Total Occlusion: No Benefit from PCI for Patients with STEMI

REFERENCE: LBCT II News Conference November 14th 2006
JUDITH HOCHMAN, New York University School of Medicine
COMMENT: TIMOTHY GARDNER,

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in Cardiovascular
— 7 Sep, 2006

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: September 7th 2006

Gilles Montalescot

Freek Verheugt

Angioplasty: Four-Continent RIVIERA Study Identifies “Real World” Modifiable Factors Which Affect Outcome

REFERENCE: Abstract 3413, “Hot Line II” Session, Abstract 649
Gilles Montalescot, Pitié-Salpêtriere Hospital, Paris
Angioplasty outcomes can be improved by modifying factors identified by

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in AJC · Cardiovascular
— 21 May, 2006

Audio Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine: May 2006 – In the company of James Tcheng

Annual Meeting of the American College of Cardiology March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta: Atheroma Reversal, Statins for Acute Coronary Syndromes, Targeting Dual Antiplatelet Therapy, Clopidogrel and Drug Eluting Stents, Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
James Tcheng, Duke University, Durham, NC
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- in ACC 2006
- — 27 Mar, 2006
Acute Coronary Syndromes: Big Mortality Reduction from Early Aggressive Statins
Anthony Bavry, The Cleveland ClinIc, OH
American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta. Abstract Number: 821-5
All cause mortality can be reduced by 25 per cent if you give your acute coronary syndrome patients early aggressive
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- in ACC 2006
- — 27 Mar, 2006
ARMYDA-3 Study Shows Statins Reduce Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery
Germano Di Sciascio, Campus Biomedico University of Rome
American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta
The anti-inflammatory action of statins may be causing yet another benefit in heart patients: a reduction of atrial fibrillation risk after
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- in ACC 2006
- — 16 Mar, 2006
Atheroma Reversal after Big Reduction of LDL with Statin Therapy
Steven Nissen, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
American College of Cardiology Annual Scientific Session March 11-14, 2006, Atlanta
Among patients whose atheroma had been measured by a catheter ultrasound probe, the use of treatment with rosuvastatin at sufficiently higher doses to
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- in General Medicine
- — 14 Feb, 2006
Statins Protect Heart Patients from Sepsis
Donald Redelmeier, University of Toronto
Abstract: Lancet 2006; 367:413
Treatment with the lipid lowering agents statins reduced the incidence of sepsis among a large group of patients with cardiovascular disease studied in Canada. Donald Redelmeier and co-workers report their …
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- in AHA 2005 · Cardiovascular
- — 17 Nov, 2005
Statins and ARBs: a Special Combination?

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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- 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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