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Aspirin and cancer prevention; rivaroxaban for pulmonary embolism; new rhinosinusitis practice guidelines; and FDA actions.
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The Randomized Evaluation of Long-Term Anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) Study compared two doses of dabigatran, a direct thrombin inhibitor, with warfarin for the prevention of stroke and systemic emboli in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF).
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Some patients who experience stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) of unknown cause (i.e., cryptogenic) are subsequently found to have a patent foramen ovale (PFO).
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Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest pain are often admitted to "rule out" myocardial infarction (MI). Many of the patients are subsequently found to have noncardiac causes of chest pain.
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In the setting of acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), warfarin is indicated for atrial fibrillation, a large dyskinetic or aneurysmal area of the left ventricle, or mural thrombus.
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