In a study, elderly patients with a rapid decline in kidney function had an increased risk for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality independent of baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate. Medscape Medical News
A new study in low-risk, elective-PCI patients who were also nonresponsive to aspirin and/or clopidogrel shows that adding tirofiban during PCI can cut MI rates by more than 40%, as compared with patients given a placebo infusion. Heartwire
Patients taking the new drug used to treat renal cell carcinoma and a rare type of gastrointestinal cancer will require close cardiac monitoring, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News
TCT 2007: Do polymer coatings of sirolimus-eluting stents influence outcomes? Should DES be used in patients with STEMI undergoing primary PCI? Medscape Cardiology
