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Post-STEMI events less likely in women; bariatric surgery may lower stroke risk

DEC 13, 20197 MIN
MDedge Cardiocast

Post-STEMI events less likely in women; bariatric surgery may lower stroke risk

DEC 13, 20197 MIN

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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 cognitionThe small but significant ill effects worried some researchers at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease conference.

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