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Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Reduce All-Cause Mortality 22% in Elderly CHD Patients
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In elderly patients with documented coronary heart disease, statins reduced all-cause mortality, as well as CHD mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction, the need for revascularization, and stroke, a new meta-analysis has shown. Statins reduced all-cause mortality 22%, with a number need to treat of 28, a benefit larger than previously estimated. Heartwire
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TRENDS: Defining a Threshold for Stroke Risk in Device-Detected AF
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Preliminary results of a study that analyzed data on AT/AF generated from implantable cardiac devices suggests that patients with 5.5 hours or more of AT/AF on any given day in the past 30 days had a more than 2-fold increased risk for stroke vs those with no episodes, independent of other stroke risk factors. Medscape Medical News
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