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Dec 13, 2019
Women have fewer cardiovascular events after non–ST-segment
elevation ACS
But they also remain undertreated with guideline-directed
therapies.
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FDA panel rejects vernakalant bid for AFib cardioversion
indication
Eleven years after the first attempt of the antiarrhythmic agent,
the FDA panel voted resoundingly against approval.
Bariatric surgery tied to fewer cerebrovascular
events
The incidence of cerebrovascular events was 65% lower in obese
people who underwent bariatric surgery compared with those without
surgery
Intensive BP control cut dementia but increased brain atrophy and
hurt cognition
The small but significant ill
effects worried some researchers at the Clinical Trials on
Alzheimer's Disease conference.
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