Treatment with tongxinluo was associated with better outcomes out to 1 year, but observers say further data are needed to see how it may fit into STEMI care in China and beyond.
In patients with an acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on admission, an early pulmonologist consult reduces the 90-day rate of readmission.
The observational ATTUNE study suggests that starting anticoagulation within 4 days of stroke leads to fewer new infarcts detected by imaging without an increase in hemorrhage compared with starting later.
Infarct-artery occlusion was less likely at cath if heparin was started in the ambulance or ED, without extra risk of major bleeding, in a large registry analysis.