2 Minute Medicine Rewind October 14, 2019
Oxaliplatin-Based Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Rectal Cancer After Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy (ADORE): Long-Term Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial 1. Adjuvant FOLFOX ...
Tag: myocardial infarction
Quick Take: Effect of Simvastatin-Ezetimibe Compared With Simvastatin Monotherapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome Among Patients 75 Years or Older
The risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is highest in elderly patients. Although ...
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 ...
The ROMICAT 2 trial: Coronary computed tomographic angiography shortens hospital stays for acute chest pain [Classics Series]
The following study summary is an excerpt from the book 2 Minute Medicine’s The Classics in Radiology: Summaries of Clinically Relevant ...
Coronary CT angiography superior to functional stress testing among diabetic patients
1. In this randomized trial, diabetic patients with stable chest pain randomized to coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) had lower ...
Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program associated with increased 30-day post-discharge mortality for heart failure and pneumonia
1. In this retrospective cohort study, implementation of the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program (HRRP) was unexpectedly associated with an increase ...
Quick Take: Christmas, National Holidays, Sport Events, and Time Factors as Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: SWEDEHEART Observational Study 1998-2013
Ischemic heart disease, the most common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, has many modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors, including ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 18, 2018
Pegbelfermin (BMS-986036), a PEGylated Fibroblast Growth Factor 21 Analogue, in Patients with Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2a ...
Quick Take: Association of Weather With Day-to-Day Incidence of Myocardial Infarction: A SWEDEHEART Nationwide Observational Study
The influence of certain weather trends on the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) has not been well established. In this ...
Quick Take: Association of Secondary Preventive Cardiovascular Treatment After Myocardial Infarction With Mortality Among Patients With Schizophrenia
Patients with schizophrenia have a shortened life expectancy of 15-20 years compared with the general population, with excess cardiac mortality ...
