For the week ending November 21 2014, we discuss the following top cardiology news:
• DAPT: Long-Term Poststenting Dual Antiplatelet Therapy a Risk/Benefit Balancing Act
• IMPROVE-IT: 'Modest' Benefit When Adding Ezetimibe to Statins in Post-ACS Patients
• No Advantage Seen to Surgical Repair Added to CABG for Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
• Endocarditis Cases Rise After Predental Antibiotic Use Falls
In Brief
• Bare-Metal Stent Safety Is a 'Myth': DAPT Secondary Analysis
• BASKET-PROVE II, EVOLVE II Test Biodegradeable-Polymer DES; No Late Stent Thrombosis Benefit
Scriptwriter, narrator, and audio producer: Katherin Vasilopoulos
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Cite this: November 21 News: DAPT, IMPROVE-IT, Surgical Repair plus CABG, Endocarditis and Predental Antibiotic Use - Medscape - Nov 21, 2014.
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