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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-11-20
pubmed:abstractText
This article provides information and a commentary on trials relevant to the pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment of heart failure presented at the annual meeting of the European Society of Cardiology held in Barcelona in 2009. The AAA study does not support the routine use of aspirin for the prevention of vascular events in patients with asymptomatic atherosclerosis. RELY suggests that dabigatran may be more effective than warfarin for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation. Rolofylline was not superior to placebo in improving outcomes in patients with acute heart failure enrolled in the PROTECT study, but dyspnoea was improved. Data from ACTIVE-I suggest that irbesartan does not provide additional therapeutic benefit in patients with atrial fibrillation who are well controlled on current therapy. The European cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) survey provides interesting epidemiological data on current CRT device usage. The German pre-SCD II registry identified a low prevalence of patients with a reduced ejection fraction following myocardial infarction. Implantation of CRT-D rather than an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in patients with mild heart failure and QRS >/=130 ms reduced the risk of hospitalization for heart failure in MADIT-CRT; mortality was similarly low with each device.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1879-0844
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1214-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical trials update from the European Society of Cardiology Meeting 2009: AAA, RELY, PROTECT, ACTIVE-I, European CRT survey, German pre-SCD II registry, and MADIT-CRT.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Castle Hill Hospital, Cottingham, Kingston-upon-Hull, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article