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Tue, August 29 – 10 Stories of The Day!

29 Aug, 2017 | 00:18h | UTC

 

#ESCCongress – Highlights from the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2017 – Part II

 

1 – #ESCCongress – Oxygen Therapy in Suspected Acute Myocardial Infarction – New England Journal of Medicine (free)

Editorial: Is Oxygen Therapy Beneficial in Acute Myocardial Infarction? Simple Question, Complicated Mechanism, Simple Answer (free)

Commentaries: Oxygen therapy does not improve survival in patients with heart attack symptoms (DETO2X-AMI) – ESC Press Releases (free) AND Supplemental Oxygen Provides No Benefit to Patients With Suspected MI: DETO2X-AMI – TCTMD (free) AND Suspected MI and Normal Oxygen Saturation? Don’t Bother with Supplemental Oxygen – Physician’s First Watch (free)

 

2 – #ESCCongress – Population screening and intervention for vascular disease in Danish men (VIVA): a randomised controlled trial – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentaries: Screening for vascular disease saves one life for every 169 patients assessed (VIVA) – ESC Press Releases (free) AND VIVA: Could Population-Wide Screening Trial for AAA, PAD, and Hypertension Save Lives at Low Cost? – TCTMD (free) AND VIVA: Overall Mortality Significantly Reduced Among Older Men Receiving Triple Vascular Screening – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

3 – #ESCCongress – PATHWAY-2 uncovers main cause of drug-resistant hypertension, finds old drugs work best – ESC Press Releases (free) (the results have not been published yet)

Commentary: Prevention And Treatment of Hypertension With Algorithm based therapY-2 – PATHWAY-2 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

4 – #ESCCongress – Bag-mask ventilation fails to improve on endotracheal intubation in cardiac arrest (CAAM) – ESC Press Releases (free) (the results have not been published yet)

Commentary: CAAM: Is Bag-Mask Ventilation Superior to ETI During CPR? – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

5 – #ESCCongress – Closure of left atrial appendage during heart surgery protects the brain (LAACS) – ESC Press Releases (free) (the results have not been published yet)

Commentary: LAACS: LAA Closure May Protect Against Long-Term Cerebral Ischemic Events – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

6 – #ESCCongress – Risk factor driven upstream atrial fibrillation therapy improves sinus rhythm maintenance (RACE 3) – ESC Press Releases (free) (the results have not been published yet)

Commentaries: Broad, Early AF Risk-Factor Intervention Preserves Sinus Rhythm: RACE-3 – Medscape (free registration required) AND Routine vs. Aggressive upstream rhythm Control for prevention of Early persistent atrial fibrillation in heart failure study – RACE 3 – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

7 – #ESCCongress – The Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Calcium in the PROMISE Study – Circulation (free PDF)

Editorial: Computed Tomography or Functional Stress Testing for the Prediction of Risk: Can I Have My Cake and Eat It? (free PDF)

Commentary: Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain – PROMISE – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)

 

8 – Why developing countries must improve primary care – The Economist (free) (RT @AnjaNitzscheB see Tweet)

“The changing burden of disease requires a better approach to keeping people healthy”

 

9 – Necrotizing pancreatitis: Diagnose, treat, consult – Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (free)

Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free resource to find articles of interest)

 

10 – Using mesh does not improve results in vaginal prolapse surgery – NIHR Signal (free)

Original article: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for women having primary transvaginal anterior or posterior compartment prolapse surgery: two parallel-group, multicentre, randomised, controlled trials (PROSPECT) – The Lancet (free) AND Commentary: Mesh, graft, or standard repair for prolapse surgery? – The Lancet (free)

“About 12% of vaginal prolapse patients had complications from surgery using mesh” (RT @NIHR_DC see Tweet)

 


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