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For patients with suspected coronary artery disease

MI Incidence Down With CT Angiography in Suspected CAD

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But no reduction in mortality, cardiac hospitalizations for CCTA versus functional stress testing
Few smokers hospitalized for coronary heart disease receive smoking cessation pharmacotherapy

Few Smokers Hospitalized With CHD Get Smoking Cessation Meds

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Overall, 22.7 percent received smoking cessation pharmacotherapy, most often the nicotine patch
There is a strong relationship between high on-clopidogrel platelet reactivity and two-year ischemic and bleeding outcomes after drug-eluting stent implantation

High Platelet Reactivity Tied to Ischemic, Bleeding Outcomes

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Findings based on two-year follow-up after drug-eluting stent implantation
A biomarker-based model provides a new tool for the prediction of cardiovascular death in patients with stable coronary heart disease

New Model Predicts Mortality in Stable Coronary Heart Disease

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Model uses age, biomarkers, clinical variables to predict cardiovascular death

Depression After Coronary Artery Disease Diagnosis Ups Death Risk

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Strongest predictor of death is post-CAD depression; link persisted in those with no prior depression
For asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes

Coronary CT Angiography Ups Prediction of MACE in T2DM

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Addition of CCTA-detected obstructive coronary artery disease to risk factors ups prediction of MACE
For patients undergoing coronary angiography

Risk of Cardiovascular Events Similar With, Without Diabetes

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Patients with versus without diabetes, without CAD, were more often treated with statins and aspirin
A simple-to-use nomogram can predict five-

Nomogram Predicts Survival for Adults Undergoing CAC Scoring

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Nomogram predicts five-, 10-, 15-year survival for adults undergoing coronary artery calcium scoring
The injected drug Actemra (tocilizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with giant cell arteritis.

FDA Approves Actemra to Treat Giant Cell Arteritis

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New indication provides the first FDA-approved therapy specific to this type of vasculitis

T2DM Risk Cut by Variant in Sulfonylurea Receptor Encoder

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Missense variant in ABCC8 gene also linked to reduced risk of coronary heart disease