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— Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Women have pulled even with men for outcomes after , a multinational study suggested.

improved skill levels among cardiothoracic surgery residents, which could make their procedures safer, a study suggested.

Statins, aspirin, and other medications used to prevent heart attacks also , a Chinese study found.

to say that the platelet inhibitor can cause "diminished antiplatelet effect in patients with two loss-of-function alleles of the CYP2C19 gene."

European groups called for hospitals to agree on a to summon help for cardiac arrest cases.

Late-breaking trials at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting included positive data at 3 years for the in acute complicated Type B aortic dissection and for a single-arm study of a novel to deliver steroid treatment to tissue around arteries injured by endovascular interventions.

The World Heart Federation called on governments globally to put in place.