Clinical Cardiology Alert – February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016
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Is Sodium Restriction Detrimental in Chronic Heart Failure?
Dietary sodium restriction may have a detrimental effect on outcome in patients with symptomatic chronic heart failure. They stress that a randomized clinical trial is warranted to resolve the issue.
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Blood Transfusion in Cardiac Disease Patients
In patients admitted to the ICU with comorbid cardiac disease, the hemoglobin level below which transfusion was associated with lower hospital mortality was < 8-9 g/dL and < 9-10 g/dL if the admitting diagnosis was acute myocardial infarction.
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Selecting Patients for Statin Primary Prevention
The new vascular disease risk calculator discriminates who will experience a vascular event in the near future better than using a trial entry criteria approach or a hybrid approach.
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Five-year EVEREST II Results Allay Long-term Safety and Durability Concerns About MitraClip
Although MitraClip patients had higher rates of re-operation in the first year, adverse event rates in the 1- to 5-year range were reassuringly low and were comparable with surgery.
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Prescient Warning Symptoms: A New Target for Sudden Cardiac Death Prevention
Typical cardiac symptoms frequently precede sudden cardiac arrest and are frequently unheeded, but when acted on are associated with decreased mortality.