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Johnson and Johnson to Acquire Shockwave Medical

DAIC

With the addition of Shockwave, Johnson & Johnson will expand its MedTech cardiovascular portfolio into two of the highest-growth, innovation-oriented segments of cardiovascular intervention – coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery disease (PAD). The Reducer System has a growing commercial presence.

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Post-event follow-up costs in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease in Spain

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Patients with a new or recurrent episode of ASCVD (angina, acute myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, stroke, or peripheral arterial disease) between 1-Jan-2017 and 31-Dec-2018 were included.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

21-23 hsCRP is nonspecific inflammatory marker and an acute phase reactant that predicts the likelihood of a heart attack, stroke, peripheral artery disease and sudden cardiac death among healthy individuals with no history of CV disease, and recurrent events and death in patients with known ASCVD.22

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

Not surprisingly, a dataset of coronary angiograms and chest pain syndromes showed that the more classic the chest pain syndrome was, the higher the likelihood that angiographic coronary disease was present. Atypical angina is classified as having any two of the three symptoms, and non-anginal pain any one of the three symptoms.