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Dec 6, 2019
Icosapent ethyl cost effective in REDUCE-IT
analysis
Treatment with the fish-derived drug Vascepa for
CV event reduction is more effective and less costly than
placebo.
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DAPA-HF: Dapagliflozin benefits regardless of age, HF
severity
The SGLT2 inhibitor had similar efficacy in the elderly and across
the spectrum of baseline symptom status.
Colchicine cut post-MI CVD events
Colchicine fulfilled the promise first seem in CANTOS that
anti-inflammatory treatment can reduce cardiovascular disease
events.
Cardiac arrests peak with pollution in
Japan
The incidence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in Japan increased
on days when counts of particulate matter spiked from the day
before.
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