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CONFERENCE
COVERAGE
2016 ESC Congress
CPAP is shown to improve
wellbeing but not
cardiovascular outcomes
5
Lipoprotein(a) apheresis
proves beneficial in
refractory angina
8
CORONARY HEART
DISEASE
Benefits of omega-3 fatty
acids from fish oil after acute
MI: an off and on affair?
9
MYOCARDIAL
DISEASE
The pivotal position of IL-6 in
the pathogenesis of ischaemic
heart disease, and a lot of
new questions
12
ARRHYTHMIAS/
HEARTRHYTHM
DISORDERS
My approach to atrial fibrillation:
rate vs rhythm control
15
Comparison of inhospital mortality
and frequency of coronary
angiography on weekend versus
weekday admissions in patients
with non-ST-segment elevation
acute myocardial infarction
American Journal of Cardiology
Admission on a weekend was
associated with higher inhospital
mortality compared with admission
on a weekday.
9
Hypochloraemia,
diuretic resistance,
and outcome in patients
with acute heart failure
Circulation: Heart Failure
Data indicated that chloride
measurement in acute HF patients
at admission and at 14 days could
be used as a marker for response to
therapy and outcome.
11
Diagnostic performance
of a smartphone-based
photoplethysmographic application
for atrial fibrillation screening in a
primary care setting
Journal of the American Heart Association
The smartphone PPG application
Cardiio Rhythm detected AF in
patients at risk of developing AF and
could be used to enable population-
based screening for AF.
14
Development and validation
of a sudden cardiac death
prediction model for the general
population
Circulation
This new risk equation provides
slightly better predictive ability for
SCD than the ACC/AHA model and
is generalisable to the
US population without
cardiovascular disease.
15
Implantable
cardioverter-
defibrillator does
not improve
overall survival
in nonischaemic
heart failure
App-based
technology for
diagnosing AF
is definitely
cool; however,
chasing AF in a
low-risk patient
in the absence
of an integrated
program to
manage false–
positive results
may send us
chasing the elusive
Pokemon!
14
OPINION
Placement of an implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator in
patients with nonischaemic
systolic heart failure did
not improve overall survival
compared with usual clinical
care. Risk of sudden cardiac
death, however, was halved,
reports the DANISH trial.
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