…death, and among those who did, only a minority had a reduced value — the majority of sudden cardiac deaths occur in patients with preserved LVEF…

…or treatment with another adenosine diphosphate (ADP) receptor inhibitor for patients who had coronary syndrome and are at high risk of developing a new event…

…reflex for predicting a poor neurological outcome was 68.8%. This implies that approximately one third of the patients who ultimately had a favorable neurological…

…instability. Fewer than 1% of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who reach the catheterization laboratory are found to have complete LMCA occlusion, likely…

…trial participants who were described as frail generally had no more than mild frailty, limiting the applicability of trial findings to people with substantial functional…

…observed in patients with elevated TnT levels who had underlying cardiovascular disease, of which 69.4% died. Guo et al also report a significant association…

…Outcomes was a randomized, double blind, placebo controlled study of 13,970 patients at high cardiovascular risk who were unable or unwilling to take statins…

…CPR in patients with refractory out of hospital cardiac arrest. Patients aged 18 to 70, who received bystander CPR and initially presented with a ventricular…

…often the very question at issue A patient who needs steroid cover simply to get through the day of the test can therefore be given…

…to die (JAMA, 1961). A total of 500 cases of fatal myocardial infarction were examined. The authors reported that 60–70% of all cases had…