Longer-Time to Follow-Up With Patients After Heart Attack Associated With Worse Medication Adherence
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Tracy Y. Wang, M.D., M.H.S., M.Sc., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2016.0001 JAMA Cardiology In a study…
Risk Score May Help Identify Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death After Acute Coronary Syndrome
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Pierluigi Tricoci, M.D., Ph.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0359 In a study published online…
Many AFib Patients at Highest Risk of Stroke Not Receiving Recommended Oral Anticoagulant Therapy
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Study Examines Incidence, Risk Factors for Traumatic Intracranial Bleeding in Older Adults Newly Prescribed Warfarin
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact John A. Dodson, M.D., M.P.H., email Allison Clair at Allison.clair@nyumc.org. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0345 John A. Dodson, M.D., M.P.H., of the New…
Model Developed to Help Predict Risk of In-Hospital Death after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Fred H. Edwards, M.D., email Daniel Leveton at Daniel.Leveton@jax.ufl.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0326 In a study published online by JAMA Cardiology, Fred…
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Study Examines Prevalence of Rheumatic Heart Disease in Developing Country
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Thomas Pilgrim, M.D., email thomas.pilgrim@insel.ch. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0292 Thomas Pilgrim, M.D., of Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland, and colleagues conducted a…
High LDL-C Levels in Women Prior to Childbirth Associated With Increased Risk of High Levels in Adult Offspring
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Study Examines Heart Structure, Function of NBA Players
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Cardiovascular Disease Risk Prediction Models Appear to Work Well in Black Adults
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Ervin R. Fox, M.D., M.P.H., call Karen Bascom at 601-815-3940 or email kbascom@umc.edu. To contact Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, M.D., Sc.M., email Marla Paul at marla-paul@northwestern.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study and editorial in your story: Links…
Quality of Care for In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Varies Among U.S. Hospitals
EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 Media Advisory: To contact Monique L. Anderson, M.D., M.H.S., call Sarah Avery at 919-660-1306 or email sarah.avery@duke.edu. To place an electronic embedded link to this study in your story: Link will be live at the embargo time: http://cardiology.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/jamacardio.2015.0275 Adherence to recommended care following…