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Should Hypertension Treatment Intensify with Age?Free

In a feasibility study, targeting antihypertensive treatment to 130/80 mm Hg rather than 140/85 mm Hg significantly increased cerebral blood flow in elderly patients.

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Discussion on CardioExchange: "Your Mortality Risk Is 11.827%"Free

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Venous Thromboembolism in PregnancyFree

The effect of risk factors is greater postpartum than antepartum.

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Preventing Venous Thromboembolism After Hip ReplacementFree

Aspirin is noninferior to low-molecular-weight heparin for extended VTE prophylaxis.

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New Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Again: Gut Bugs, L-Carnitine, and TMAO

Trimethylamine-N-oxide production in the gut is associated with adverse cardiovascular events.

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Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin, and Simvastatin Are Associated with Excess Risk for DiabetesFree

Using low doses of these drugs might mitigate the risk.

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Fast-Food Restaurant Patrons Underestimate Calorie Contents of Their Meals

Especially for larger meals and especially at Subway

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Telemonitoring Results in Better BP Control in Patients with Uncontrolled Hypertension

In a U.K. study, weekly blood pressure readings were transmitted automatically to healthcare providers.

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TAVR for Aortic Regurgitation: Proceed with CautionFree

According to a small, international study, the procedure can be successful in carefully selected patients with regurgitation but no stenosis who are ineligible for surgery.

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Discussion on CardioExchange — True or False: Fitness Program + Statin = No Fitness Program?Free

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Treatment Effect Estimates Are Larger in Small Randomized Trials than in Big Trials

Buyer beware when interpreting meta-analyses.

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Higher-Dose Citalopram and the FDA Warnings: Not Much to Worry About?Free

In a large study, no increased cardiac risks were associated with citalopram doses higher than 40 mg/day.

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{omega}-3 Fatty Acids and Later-Life Mortality

In older adults, higher circulating {omega}-3 fatty acid levels were associated with lower cardiovascular-related mortality.

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Identifying Hospitalized Patients with QT Prolongation

A QT alert system flags electrocardiograms of patients at elevated risk for death.

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Chest Pain: What Happens After the Emergency Department?Free

Patients who follow up with cardiologists do best.

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Journal Watch Cardiology summarizes important medical journal articles about a wide variety of cardiovascular subjects including angina, atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stents, stroke and ventricular fibrillation.

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Cardiology Editor-in-Chief

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Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM
Harold H. Hines, Jr., Professor of Medicine, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

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