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Statins in Primary Prevention: As Questioned as Aspirin?

This new review, recently published in BMJ, questions the benefit of statins in low-risk primary prevention patients....

What Is the Best Time to Take Antihypertensives?

Bedtime hypertensive therapy might reduce the risk of cardiovascular events according to this study soon to be...

Major Bleeding in Patients with Aspirin Plus Rivaroxaban

The combination of coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease and a reason for anticoagulation, such as...

Major Bleeding in Patients with Aspirin Plus Rivaroxaban

The combination of coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease and a reason for anticoagulation, such as...

THEMIS: Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Events in Delicate Balance for Chronic Ticagrelor

The THEMIS study published this week in NEJM, tested chronic ticagrelor + aspirin in diabetic patients with...

Pulmonary Illness and E-Cigarettes: New Devices with New Diseases

We are seeing patients with similar clinical characteristics that shared the used of e-cigarettes. Even though we...

TCT 2019 | MODEL U-SES: More Devices for High Risk of Bleeding and Short DAPT

Courtesy of SBHCI. This study tested the safety of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after only three months of...

TCT 2019 | EVOLVE Short DAPT: Only 3-month DATP in High Risk Bleeding

Courtesy of the SBHCI. This study used the thin strut everolimus eluting stent with ultrathin abluminal bioresorbable polymer...