Patients who were counseled on heart medications and lifestyle modifications by specially trained nurses were 30% less likely ...

For patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation, de-escalating dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to P2Y12 inhibitor monotherapy is associated with ...

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Nurse-led efforts to provide patients with ongoing lifestyle advice, education, and other resources reduced MACE by 30%.

Early CABG surgery post-ticagrelor is noninferior to delayed surgery for perioperative bleeding and may reduce hospital stay ...

Cancer survivors can reduce their ongoing risk of death by sticking to diet and exercise guidelines recommended by the ...

Early invasive management does not reduce the risk of hard clinical outcomes, such as mortality or MI, in women with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes (NSTE ACS), but it is linked with reduced ...

Background Australian and international studies have reported an attenuation in previous declines in acute coronary syndrome ...

The rate of cardiovascular death, nonfatal heart attack, or nonfatal stroke was 30% lower among patients receiving nurse-led ...

"The highest mortality risk was observed in underweight SMuRF-less patients (OR 3.854), whereas those with obesity and at ...

An acute coronary syndrome occurs when atherosclerotic coronary plaque becomes unstable, leading to a series of events eventually resulting in partial or total thrombotic occlusion of a coronary ...