Clinical Trial Highlights

• Dabigatran Inferior to Warfarin in Patients with Mechanical Heart Valves
• Thrombus Aspiration Fails to Improve Mortality following STEMI
• Edoxaban Noninferior to Warfarin in Recurrent VTE and PE
• Preventive PCI Reduces Cardiac Events by 65% in Patients with Acute STEMI
• Pretreatment before PCI with Prasugrel Does Not Reduce Ischemic Events in Patients with NSTE-ACS
• LINC: Manual and Mechanical CPR Produce Equivalent Outcomes
• Home-Monitoring Technology Suggests an Improvement in Survival in Heart Failure Patients
• Losartan Reduces Aortic Dilatation Rate in Adults with Marfan Syndrome
• Omecamtiv Mecarbil: Phase 2 Study Shows No Improvement in Dyspnea AHF But Trend for Further Exploration
• Saxagliptin and Alogliptin Noninferior for CV Ischemic Events in Patients at High Risk with T2DM and Coronary Disease
• No Improvement with CRT in Patients with HF and QRS <130 msec
• Cangrelor Reduces Thrombotic Events among Patients Undergoing PCI
• Catheter-Based Renal Artery Denervation – Sustained Blood Pressure Lowering with Reassuring Safety at 3 Years
• CLARIFY Registry: Angina and Ischemia in Stable CAD Predicts Worse Outcomes