Comparing incidence and severity of COVID-19 between statin users and non-users
1. Comparing statin and non statin using patients, there is no difference in rates of positive COVID-19 test result. 2....
Cardiology
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Treatment of patent ductus arteriosus in very low birth weight infants varies between hospitals
1. Based on a large US database, 24.6% of very low birth weight (VLBW) infants admitted to neonatal intensive care...
De-escalation with clopidogrel may reduce bleeding events in patients with recent percutaneous coronary intervention
1. 12-months after randomization, the de-escalation group met the criteria for superiority (p=0.0001) with respect to the composite primary outcome...
Prognostic value of transthoracic doppler echocardiography coronary flow velocity reserve in patients with asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
1. Impaired left anterior descending (LAD) artery coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) acquired by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TDE) (≤2) was...
Smoking prior to open and endovascular revascularization associated with increased post-procedural complications
1. In a large cohort of patients with intermittent claudication, smoking prior to open and endovascular revascularization was associated with...
Assessment of breathing in cardiac arrest: a randomized controlled trial of three teaching methods among laypersons
1. In a cohort of laypersons participating in Basic Life Support courses, video-based and simulation-based teaching methods led to improved...
Efficacy and safety of therapeutic or intermediate-dose heparins for thromboprophylaxis in high-risk hospitalized patients with COVID-19
1. In a group of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a therapeutic dose of low-molecular-weight heparin reduced major thromboembolic events and death....
Statin therapy initiation is associated with diabetes progression
1. A group of patients who newly initiated statins, compared to one that newly initiated another type of type 2...
Midodrine prevents recurrence of vasovagal syncope
1. Midodrine was shown to reduce the recurrence of vasovagal syncope in younger, healthy patients. 2. No significant interaction was...
Impairment in executive function associated with congenital heart disease in school-aged children
1. In a meta-analysis of school-aged children with congenital heart disease after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, the summary estimate for total...
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