A randomized trial found that 2 ultrasound-based strategies were similarly effective at determining the need for anticoagulation in symptomatic patients with suspected deep-vein thrombosis. Medscape Medical News
The study, using EBT scans taken as long as 12 years ago, provides some of the first data suggesting that noninvasive angiography using CT can provide prognostic information. Similar outcome data for the newer CT scanners are likely many years away. Heartwire
While both migraine and PFO occurred in roughly 15% of the NOMAS participants, the two were rarely found together. Experts agree: hopes are dimming that PFO closure may help migraineurs. Indeed, only one company is still testing this hypothesis in randomized trials. Heartwire
Can the risk of sudden cardiac death be predicted with ambulatory ECG? High risk post-MI patients with LV dysfunction are evaluated in this report. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
Current methods used to detect antiplatelet antibodies have limitations. This modified technique had a sensitivity of 98% and a specificity of 91%. American Journal of Clinical Pathology
Pulse oximetry, a screening tool for the detection of congenital heart disease in neonates, is most likely to be valuable outside the tertiary-care environment where other methods of detecting congenital heart disease in asymptomatic newborns may not be as robust, the authors of a new study conclude. Medscape Medical News
Investigators caution that the data are preliminary, but the 30-day risk of stroke and death observed in clinical trials is lower when more experienced operators perform the procedure. Heartwire
