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• Guidance for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease issued
• Stenting offers no benefit over optimal medical therapy
• Point-of-care ACT values not interchangeable between devices
• Stroke risk rises in line with diabetes duration
• Novel FFAR1 agonist reduces HbA1c without increasing hypoglycemia risk
• Dynamic model could aid management of overdose patients
• Dietary pattern influences effect of diet beverages on cardiometabolic risk
• Stroke risk rises in line with diabetes duration
• New score predicts outcomes after intracranial aneurysm coiling
• Point-of-care ACT values not interchangeable between devices

Guidance for echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease issued Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST The first evidence-based guidelines for the echocardiographic diagnosis of rheumatic heart disease have been released.

Stenting offers no benefit over optimal medical therapy Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Initial coronary stent implantation shows no additional benefit over optimal medical therapy for the prevention of adverse outcomes in stable coronary artery disease patients, a meta-analysis shows.

Point-of-care ACT values not interchangeable between devices Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Activated clotting time values are not interchangeable across two generations of a point-of-care testing device, US researchers report.

Stroke risk rises in line with diabetes duration Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST The longer a person has Type 2 diabetes, the higher their risk for having a stroke becomes, show data from the Northern Manhattan Study.

Novel FFAR1 agonist reduces HbA1c without increasing hypoglycemia risk Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Treatment with the investigational diabetes therapy TAK-875 significantly improves patients' glycemic control without increasing their risk for hypoglycemia, shows a phase II trial published in TheLancet.

Dynamic model could aid management of overdose patients Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Mathematicians have developed a formula to help emergency room doctors predict liver injury and dysfunction in patients with acetaminophen overdose.

Dietary pattern influences effect of diet beverages on cardiometabolic risk Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST An individual's overall dietary pattern can influence the association between diet beverage consumption and risk for incident cardiometabolic outcomes, shows study findings.

Stroke risk rises in line with diabetes duration Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST The longer a person has Type 2 diabetes, the higher their risk for having a stroke becomes, show data from the Northern Manhattan Study.

New score predicts outcomes after intracranial aneurysm coiling Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Researchers have developed a novel score, which they say predicts outcomes in patients undergoing coiling of ruptured intracranial aneurysms better than existing scores.

Point-of-care ACT values not interchangeable between devices Posted: 01 Mar 2012 04:00 PM PST Activated clotting time values are not interchangeable across two generations of a point-of-care testing device, US researchers report.

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