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• Combined risk tool predicts PE in respiratory emergency patients
• Rentinal occlusion foreshadows stroke
• Increased risk for acute MI in Asian psoriasis patients
• Neoadjuvant radiotherapy improves lung cancer survival
• High triglycerides increase risk for lower-extremity amputation in diabetics
• Attaining apoB targets may require ‘more aggressive’ treatment goals
• Preventing ‘excessive’ weight gain in childhood may reduce CV risk later in life
• Poor follow-up rates after positive fecal occult blood test
• High triglycerides increase risk for lower-extremity amputation in diabetics
• Pioglitazone better for cardiovascular health than rosiglitazone
• PCI outcomes worsened by concurrent diabetes, hypertension
• PCI outcomes worsened by concurrent diabetes, hypertension
• Hospital management strategies linked to AMI survival rates

Combined risk tool predicts PE in respiratory emergency patients Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT A risk-prediction tool that combines components of Wells' rule and the Geneva score detects pulmonary embolism in acute respiratory patients with greater accuracy than each of the individual methods alone, research shows.

Rentinal occlusion foreshadows stroke Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with retinal vascular occlusion have nearly double the risk for stroke of those without the condition, shows a large study.

Increased risk for acute MI in Asian psoriasis patients Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Asian patients with psoriasis may have an increased risk for acute myocardial infarction, report Taiwanese researchers.

Neoadjuvant radiotherapy improves lung cancer survival Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Patients with locally advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer who receive neoadjuvant radiotherapy followed by surgery survive longer than those who undergo other treatment strategies, US researchers report.

High triglycerides increase risk for lower-extremity amputation in diabetics Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diabetic patients who have high levels of triglycerides are at increased risk for lower-extremity amputation, report US researchers.

Attaining apoB targets may require ‘more aggressive’ treatment goals Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Research supports the use of more aggressive lipid-lowering treatment to achieve proposed apolipoprotein B goals in statin-treated patients with mixed dyslipidemia.

Preventing ‘excessive’ weight gain in childhood may reduce CV risk later in life Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Weight gain and growth in early life can have significant effects on cardiovascular risk factors in adulthood, say researchers.

Poor follow-up rates after positive fecal occult blood test Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Less than 50% of elderly patients who have a positive fecal occult blood test result receive complete follow-up care by 1 year after the test, US study results indicate.

High triglycerides increase risk for lower-extremity amputation in diabetics Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diabetic patients who have high levels of triglycerides are at increased risk for lower-extremity amputation, report US researchers.

Pioglitazone better for cardiovascular health than rosiglitazone Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Results from a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that rosiglitazone treatment is associated with significantly worse cardiovascular outcomes and higher mortality rates than pioglitazone.

PCI outcomes worsened by concurrent diabetes, hypertension Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diabetic patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention have a higher risk for adverse outcomes than nondiabetics who have the same procedure, study findings suggest.

PCI outcomes worsened by concurrent diabetes, hypertension Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Diabetic patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention have a higher risk for adverse outcomes than nondiabetics who have the same procedure, study findings suggest.

Hospital management strategies linked to AMI survival rates Posted: 17 Mar 2011 05:00 PM PDT Findings from a qualitative US study indicate that inter-hospital variations in acute myocardial infarction mortality rates may result from differences in hospital organization and management strategies.

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