Ischemia

Patients with giant cell arteritis who use anticoagulants demonstrate lower risks for vision loss, stroke and other cranial ischemic complications, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

In this video, Yasha Modi, MD, an assistant professor at NYU Langone Health, discusses the major unmet needs in DME treatment, including the need to be able to reverse perfusion in DME patients.

Among women with suspected ischemia, using sex-specific left ventricular ejection fraction stratification, those with LVEF greater than 65% had the lowest rates of death and nonfatal MI, according to new data from the WISE study.

CHICAGO — In this Healio exclusive, B. Hadley Wilson, MD, FACC, provides his perspective on several late-breaking clinical trials presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — In stable patients with ischemia, there was no difference between an invasive strategy and a conservative strategy of optimal medical therapy in mortality at 5.7 years, according to results of the ISCHEMIA-EXTEND study.

RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. — Observational studies show ischemia with no obstructive CAD is “common” among younger women, and several trials support both traditional and novel interventions to reduce risk, according to a speaker.

Routine coronary angiography with revascularization when appropriate did not reduce 5-year mortality risk in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease and ischemia compared with an initial strategy of medical therapy.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — In this Healio video exclusive, the president of American Society for Preventive Cardiology discusses the return to an in-person ASPC Congress on CVD Prevention as well as some highlights from the meeting.