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Few meet eligibility for newer Alzheimer’s drugs
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- Richard Mark Kirkner
Fewer than 10% of early Alzheimer’s patients in a real-world cohort would qualify for trials of anti–amyloid-beta monoclonal antibodies, a study...
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AI in pulmonary medicine – imaging and beyond
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Emerging artificial intelligence tools in pulmonology are crunching electronic records and physiological signals to improve predictive models.
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Concussion may not affect IQ in children
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
“The message I give parents is that most kids recover within 2-4 weeks.”
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Same-session PCI rates ‘surprisingly high’
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- Richard Mark Kirkner
In a large database, more than three-quarters of stable patients had percutaneous coronary intervention with the index catheterization,...
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Does colchicine have a role in treating excess ASCVD risk in patients with chronic inflammatory conditions?
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Experts in rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology assess the potential of colchicine 0.5 mg to treat residual risk for atherosclerotic...
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Ticagrelor, DAPT equal in preventing repeat revascularization
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- Richard Mark Kirkner
After percutaneous coronary intervention, ticagrelor alone or with aspirin are equally effective in preventing repeat revascularization at 1 year...
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Real-world data validate ESC risk model in NSTE-ACS
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
A real-world study has potentially validated a risk model put forward by the ESC for management of acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-...
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Distal radial access doesn’t harm hand function at 1 year
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
A head-to-head comparison of distal vs. proximal radial artery access for coronary interventions found no difference in hand function a year later...
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Anticipating FDA action, SCAI drafts guidance for adoption of renal denervation
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
“Through the open comment process, we are hoping to gain broad perspective from stakeholders, including clinicians, hospitals, payers,...
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Marijuana linked to higher PAD risk
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
A large study found marijuana users had almost four times the risk of peripheral artery disease, but no higher risk of death or coronary...
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Colchicine’s 2010 price spike had major impact on gout care
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Colchicine prescriptions dropped sharply and patient visits for gout-related symptoms increased significantly after a 2010 U.S. Food and Drug...
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Study of hospitalizations in Canada quantifies benefit of COVID-19 vaccine to reduce death, ICU admissions
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Unvaccinated patients were found to be up to 15 times more likely to die from COVID-19 than fully vaccinated patients.
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A call to revamp revascularization trial endpoints
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Coronary revascularization trials should focus more on quality of life than traditional composite outcomes, two trial investigators say.
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LAA closure outcomes improve with CCTA: Swiss-Apero subanalysis
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
A trial of left atrial appendage closure reported better outcomes with preprocedure CT than transesophageal echocardiography alone.
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Red-cell donor’s sex does not affect transfusion survival
- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
New study showed that the sex of a red blood cell donor has no bearing on the survival of the transfusion recipient.