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Virtual ACC 2020 | VOYAGER PAD: Rivaroxaban Superior to Aspirin in Preventing Events

In patients with peripheral artery disease undergoing revascularization, the combination of rivaroxaban (Xarelto) and low doses of...

Virtual ACC 2020 | COMPASS Sub-Analysis: Diabetes Increases the Benefit of Rivaroxaban Combined with AAS

In patients with stable coronary or peripheral artery disease, diabetes increases the benefit of combining low doses...

Virtual ACC 2020 | More Evidence in Support of the Demanding 2017 Hypertension Guidelines

It’s been a while since the demanding and tough 2017 document written jointly between ACC and AHA...

Virtual ACC 2020 | Statins Could Also Protect Against Chemotherapy Cardiotoxicity

This retrospective study has shown a reduction in hospitalization for cardiac failure in patients who were already...

Is There a Relationship between ARBs, ACE 2 Inhibitors and COVID-19?

In the past few days, many doctors appear to have caught wind of somewhat unfounded data. According...

Cath Lab Management Protocol for the COVID-19 Outbreak

The Interventional Cardiology Association and the Cardiac Beat Association from the Spanish Society of Cardiology have released...

Coronavirus and the Heart: How Should Cardiologists Prepare?

As the number of confirmed cases increases throughout the globe, a picture is emerging as to what...

Another Scandal in Evidence-Based Medicine: Ambulatory BP Monitoring Questioned?

Apparently, the scandal surrounding the EXCEL trial kicked the hornet’s nest as far as evidence-based medicine is...