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Clinical development and proof of principle testing of new regenerative vascular endothelial growth factor-D therapy for refractory angina: rationale and design of the phase 2 ReGenHeart trial

Open Heart

Background Despite tremendous therapeutic advancements, a significant proportion of coronary artery disease patients suffer from refractory angina pectoris, that is, quality-of-life-compromising angina that is non-manageable with established pharmacological and interventional treatment options.

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Effectiveness of polypill for primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial (PolyPars)

Heart BMJ

The 91 villages underwent random allocation into two arms: the control arm, encompassing 45 clusters, was subjected to non-pharmacological intervention (educational training on healthy lifestyle), whereas the intervention arm, comprising 46 clusters, received the non-pharmacological interventions in conjunction with a once-daily polypill tablet.

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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. The costs derived from pharmacological treatments were obtained from the NHS pricing nomenclator database ( [link] ).

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American College of Cardiology ACC.24 Late-breaking Science and Guidelines Session Summary

DAIC

24 will focus on the following three current guideline updates: American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Guidelines 2023 Atrial Fibrillation Guideline - Pharmacology II: Strokes vs. Bleeds, What Do the Guidelines Tell Us About Practical Management in A-fib? The Guidelines Sessions at ACC.24

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The efficacy of traditional Chinese herbal medicine across multiple cardiovascular diseases: an umbrella review of systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

The favorable efficacy of CHM was primarily presented on five main conditions, coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, restenosis, and angina pectoris. The favorable efficacy of CHM was primarily presented on five main conditions, coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart failure, restenosis, and angina pectoris.

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Lowering Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Events by Treating Residual Inflammatory Risk

DAIC

mg experienced a 23% lower incidence of death from cardiovascular causes, resuscitated cardiac arrest, myocardial infarction, stroke, or urgent hospitalization for angina leading to coronary revascularization in a time-to-event analysis. Therapeutic potential of colchicine in cardiovascular medicine: a pharmacological review.

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Chest pain, a ‘normal’ ECG, a 'normal trop', and low HEART and EDACS scores: Discharge home? Stress test? Many errors here.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

ST-elevation myocardial infarction after pharmacologic persantine stress test in a patient with Wellens’ syndrome. And IF this is the 1st time that this 60-year old is having exertional chest pain — then this fits the definition of " unstable " angina. Lancet 2015 6. Patel J, Alattar F, Koneru J, et al. Case Rep Emerg Med 2014 7.