Opioid overdose associated with opioid prescriptions to family members
1. In this case-control study in the US, opioid overdoses were associated with history of opioid prescription to a family...
Non-cardiac admissions most common for heart-failure patients in last year of life
1. In this retrospective analysis of patients with heart failure, admissions to the hospital for non-cardiac problems were more frequent...
Lisinopril and carvedilol reduce cardiotoxicity in breast cancer patients receiving trastuzumab and anthracyclines
1. In this randomized, placebo controlled study of HER2-positive breast cancer patients receiving trastuzumab, use of preventative lisinopril or carvedilol...
Unrecognized myocardial infarctions associated with embolic cerebral infarctions of undetermined source
1. In this cross-sectional cohort study of older adults in Iceland, MRI findings of myocardial infarction was associated with coincident...
Ambulatory rhythm monitoring detects heart block after transcatheter aortic valve replacement
1. The routine use of ambulatory event monitoring (AEM) commonly detects high grade atrioventricular block (H-AVB) after discharge following Transcatheter...
Increased number of daily steps linked with decreased mortality in older women
1. In this large, prospective cohort study limited to women, increasing daily step count was linked with decreased mortality. 2....
Cancer medications approved by FDA accelerated approval program struggle to show benefit
1. In this updated review of cancer medications that received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) accelerated approval program, only 20%...
Early myocardial infarction and familial hypercholesterolemia
1. In this retrospective cohort study of adults under age 50 with myocardial infarction, 9% met criteria for definite or...
Use of aspirin for primary prevention linked to increased risk of intracranial hemorrhage
1. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, use of low-dose aspirin in patients without symptomatic cardiovascular disease was linked with...
Cardiovascular outcomes of dialysis patients using phosphate binders with or without calcium
1. In this observational cohort study of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis, there was no observed difference...