The statement tries to address how to work up and treat the many patients who do not reach blood pressure goals despite receiving 3 antihypertensive drugs. Medscape Medical News
New study results imply that a 50-year-old man who learns that his "cardiovascular age" is 55 years may be more motivated to continue using his lipid-lowering drugs. Medscape Medical News
The Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs study shows an increased risk for myocardial infarction in patients exposed to abacavir and didanosine within the preceding 6 months. Medscape Medical News
CG, who is 9-months post MI and insists that he is compliant with his antiplatelet therapy, presents with STEMI. What should be considered when treating a STEMI patient on chronic clopidogrel therapy? Medscape Cardiology
New data published this week suggest that an early repolarization pattern is not as benign as previously thought, with investigators showing a "higher-than-expected" prevalence of early repolarization in patients with idiopathic ventricular fibrillation that caused syncope and sudden cardiac arrest. Heartwire
