Among patients with atrial fibrillation, those who are taking a statin may be less likely to die during follow-up than those who are not taking a statin, a retrospective study showed.
Interesting report. Do note the study limitations.
ESC News, Meeting Coverage News plus CME
Medical News: ESC: Afib Doubles Mortality in Stable Angina Patients – in Meeting Coverage, ESC from MedPage Today
Medical News: Aspirin Holiday Is a Bad Idea – in Cardiovascular, Prevention from MedPage Today
A case-control study found that patients taking low-dose aspirin for secondary prevention who had recently discontinued the drug had a higher risk of nonfatal myocardial infarction than those who continued to take the aspirin.
Medical News: AHA: Value of Measuring CRP Questioned – in Meeting Coverage, AHA from MedPage Today
“In patients who already have a reason to be on a statin, C-reactive protein (CRP) measurement does not appear to provide any additional information about cardiovascular risk beyond traditional factors, a secondary analysis of the ASCOT trial showed.”
“Heavy cocaine users have a high prevalence of cardiac damage as seen by cardiac MRI.”
Medical News: Olive Oil Protects Against Stroke – in Neurology, Strokes from MedPage Today
Observational study on French people.
I wonder if the researchers controlled for red wine consumption.
Artery v. Vein in a very interesting study.
“Note that in this study, the use of radial arteries was associated with a lower rate of functional and complete occlusion at five years compared with the use of saphenous veins.”
“The occurrence of a transient ischemic attack (TIA) doubles a person’s risk for a subsequent myocardial infarction, a population-based study found.”
In Men, Duration of Diabetes Linked to Raised Heart Risk
“Risk rose along with duration of disease — compared to men without diabetes, men who had early-onset diabetes (in this case, for an average of 17 years or more) had 2.5 times the risk of a heart attack. That level of risk was equal to that of men with a prior history of heart attack, the team noted.”
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