Smoking cessation was as effective as treatment with three drugs combined in reducing future cardiovascular events in an analysis of six prospective trials.
ACh rechallenge reveals coexisting microvascular spasm in almost 50% of patients with epicardial spasm; nitroglycerin may not be equally effective in both types.
Plasma d-dimer levels to rule out pulmonary embolism in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is not the right assay to use, new research suggests. Most patients already have levels greater than 0.05 μg/mL.
A 30-second interval between automated office-based blood pressure measurements is as accurate and reliable as a 60-second interval and could be a time-saver for busy hypertension clinics.