Compared with standard sedation, use of light sedation after surgery decreased the length of patient stay in the intensive care unit. Medscape Medical News
Is the short-term use of clopidogrel associated with a lower risk of inhospital mortality in patients with non-STEMI who did not undergo PCI? American Heart Journal
A study says that 10% false-positive activation of catheterization laboratories should serve as a benchmark for other centers and more training to diagnose ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Medscape Medical News
This study provides further support to the concept that achieving low triglyceride levels may be an additional consideration beyond LDL-C in patients after acute coronary syndrome. Journal of the American College of Cardiology
In an interim analysis of the first prospective randomized multicenter study to examine this issue, rates of pneumonia infection and subsequent mortality were decreased when antibiotic treatment was provided to these patients. Medscape Medical News