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Flow Diverter OK for Smaller Wide-Neck Brain Aneurysms

'Reasonable' safety profile and high technical success rate in study

Pros and Cons of the ACC DAPT Risk Calculator App

User-friendly, but short on some outcome data

Pearls From: Mary Rosser, MD

The role of ob/gyns in women's long-term heart health

Um, Excuse Me, Why Did You Stop My Post-Op Anticoagulant?

Cardiology writer learns firsthand about real-world practice

Judge Orders Praluent Off the Market

Makers lose patent infringement suit, vow appeal

Amyloidosis Treatments Miss the Heart of the Problem

Only modest improvement in end organ function

AHA: Unnecessary Stress Testing Still Alive And Kicking?

More tests given to younger patients in large population study

AHA: Lower Better for Plaque Regression with PCSK9 Drugs

No diminishing returns at very low LDL levels in GLAGOV trial

AHA: Real World TAVR Is All About Patient Selection

Intermediate risk is a moving target

AHA: Study Finds Celebrex Safe for Heart

But naproxen not as heart safe as believed

TCT: Embolic Protection Flops for TAVR

New brain lesions or clinical strokes unaffected in SENTINEL trial

Treadmill Test Scoring Better With Gender as a Factor

New sex-specific score predicted women's mortality more accurately

FDA Warns of Testosterone Abuse

Adverse events tied to abuse include heart attack, heart failure, and stroke

FDA Warns on Cardiac Surgery Heater-Cooler Device

Cites mycobacterial contamination risk

CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's

Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates

Billion Dollar Lab Scam: The Beat Goes On

Yet more fallout from the catastrophic bankruptcy of HDL Lab

How Sweet: Sugar Industry Made Fat the Villain

Harvard researchers received sugar industry money to write a NEJMreview

Sudden Cardiac Death Risk Seen With Thyroid Dysfunction

Risk seen even at top of normal range for thyroid hormone

ESC: PCSK9 Tx -- Ready for Prime Time or Still Unproven?

Debate highlights pros and cons of these cholesterol-lowering drugs

ESC: NOAC Reversal Agent Effective in Study

But results may not sway FDA

ESC: Beta-Blocker Cuts Early Heart Damage from Cancer Tx?

No clinical difference in small trial, but preclinical measures suggestive

ESC: CPAP Flops for Secondary CV Prevention

No impact on coronary, stroke risks from sleep apnea tx in SAVE trial

CardioBrief: Changes in Eskimo Diet Linked to Increase in CHD

Shift could explain apparently contradictory evidence on fats, carbs

The Billion Dollar Lab Scandal

Part one: the rise and fall of Health Diagnostics Laboratory

Post-Stent Snoring Predicts Cardiac Events

Heart attacks, stroke, and heart failure linked in Japanese study

Car Crashes More Deadly for Afib Patients?

National hospital database suggests worse outcomes

ACC: Looking Beyond Statins in LDL Lowering

New ACC guidance maps a path

Compression Stockings; Stroke Prevention; Stents and Meds

Cardiovascular Daily wraps up the top cardiology news of the week

The American Heart Association's Stance Against Science

Group insists dietary sodium question is settled when it plainly isn't

LAA Ligation as an Antihypertensive?

One study says yes, another says no

Calculator May Cut Post Stent Bleeds

Small study suggests benefit

CardioBrief: Diet Drug Loses Another Cardiovascular Outcomes Trial

More chaos over the weight loss drug Contrave

ACC: Placebo Challenge for Statin Intolerance?

Cardiologists debate whether strategy might work in the clinic too

Embolism Halts Next-Gen Watchman in Europe

Cause still unknown, not expected to affect device sold in U.S.

CNN Calls Out 'Cataract Risk' in HOPE-3

Statins and cataracts: So what?

ACC: Evolocumab May Be Best Option for Statin Intolerance

Far greater LDL reduction but still some muscle complaints in GAUSS-3 trial

ACC: HOPE Results Boost Statin Prevention Role

Mortality and nonfatal events reduced

Yoga Improves Quality of Life in Afib

But will pilot trial findings persuade? Cardiologists weigh in

Atypical Afib Cases Have Poorer Prognosis

Stroke and mortality linked to type of initial presentation

Aspirin Before Cardiac Surgery: Not Harmful, But Not Helpful

Death, thrombotic complication, and bleeding risk all unaffected in ATACAS trial

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