Coronary Artery Disease

PARIS — In the AFIRE trial, rivaroxaban monotherapy was noninferior to rivaroxaban plus an antiplatelet agent with respect to CV events and death from any cause, and was superior for major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation and stable CAD.

Among postmenopausal Korean women with stable chest pain undergoing elective, invasive coronary angiography, central obesity, but not overall obesity, appeared associated with greater likelihood of obstructive coronary artery disease, according to findings published in Menopause.

In a new study, 5-year survivors of childhood cancer have a two to 10 times higher risk for developing CVD compared with cancer-free individuals of similar age.

Survivors of most types of cancers demonstrated increased medium- to long-term risk for at least one cardiovascular disease compared with the general population, according to results of a retrospective study published in The Lancet.

Recently published findings suggest that participants in randomized clinical trials have significantly different characteristics, comorbidities and outcomes than patients with ESKD in the general population.