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Study shows how high blood sugar increases risk of thrombosis

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

A study conducted at the Center for Research on Redox Processes in Biomedicine (Redoxoma) helps understand how high blood sugar (hyperglycemia), one of the manifestations of diabetes, can cause thrombosis.

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JACC Topic of the Week Review Details Pharmacotherapy Algorithm For TAV Thrombosis

American College of Cardiology

For the treatment of transcatheter aortic valve (TAV) thrombosis, both in its more common form of subclinical leaflet thrombosis (SLT) and the rarer clinical valve thrombosis (CVT), pharmacotherapy with vitamin K antagonists (VKA), non-vitamin K oral anticoagulants (NOAC) and an ultraslow, low-dose infusion of thrombolytics should be considered as (..)

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TAVI Matches SAVR in Lower Risk Aortic Valve Patients: 10 year outcomes

Cardiology Update

Bioprosthetic valve dysfunction (BVD) was categorized into structural valve deterioration (SVD), non-structural valve dysfunction (NSVD), clinical valve thrombosis, or endocarditis. No cases of clinical valve thrombosis were reported. Original article: Thyregod HGH et al. Severe SVD was defined by specific criteria.

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Anticoagulation Management of Distal Deep Vein Thrombosis in Cancer Patients

American College of Cardiology

Active cancer is a strong risk factor for venous thromboembolism (VTE) events and recurrent events following discontinuation of anticoagulation therapy, and cancer patients are also at a heightened risk for bleeding complications related to anticoagulation treatment.

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Stress hyperglycemia and poor outcomes in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Methods We conducted a comprehensive search for articles on PubMed and Embase using search strategies which yielded 4,061 articles. After full-text screening, 66 articles were included for systematic review, and 62 articles were further selected for meta-analysis. Overall, 55 (83.3%) studies were at low risk of bias.

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Antithrombotic Therapy in High Bleeding Risk for Noncardiac Interventions: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the art review on antithrombotic therapy in patients with high bleeding risk (HBR) noncardiac percutaneous interventions from the Working Group of Thrombosis of the Italian Society of Cardiology.

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Antithrombotic Therapy in Patients at High Bleeding Risk: Key Points

American College of Cardiology

The following are key points to remember from a state-of-the-art review on antithrombotic therapy in patients at high bleeding risk (HBR) from the Working Group of Thrombosis of the Italian Society of Cardiology.