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Angina rates similar across metal stents
Key clinical point: One year after stent placement, angina rates are no higher with bare metal stents than with drug-eluting metal stents. Major...
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Age over 80 years should not preclude stenting of left main artery
Key clinical point: Among patients who are not candidates for surgical revascularization of stenosis in the left main coronary artery, those over...
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Safety of bioresorbable stents does not match that of metal stents
Key clinical point: Trial data suggest the risk of thrombosis and other adverse events remains higher with bioresorbable stents than with...
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Troponin reaffirmed as valuable prognostic marker after PCI
Key clinical point: Following elective percutaneous coronary intervention procedures, elevated troponin is a significant predictor of adverse...
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Robotic PCI succeeds in patients with acute MI
Key clinical point: A proof-of-principle study suggests that procedural success with robotic angioplasty is at least as good in patients with...
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Could PCSK9 inhibitors be cost effective for all comers?
Key clinical point: If cardiovascular protection with PCSK9 inhibitors meets expectations, treating all 23 million Americans who may be indicated...
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Psychotropics low on list of therapies for autism
Children with autism spectrum disorders may derive benefit from psychotropic therapies but not for core symptoms.
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Growing ADHD drug selection aids individualized therapy
With two new agents added to an already sizable list of long-acting stimulants in the last 4 months, ADHD therapy can be better individualized.
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In adolescents, treat substance use disorder before ADHD
Key clinical point: In adolescents with both attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and substance use disorder, control of substance use comes...