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In the past week, NEJM Journal Watch Cardiology has brought you coverage of study findings presented at the American College of Cardiology's 2018 annual meeting in Orlando, Florida. Here is a compilation of our coverage, listed by date and title of meeting presentations, with the articles' first authors in parentheses.
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Monday, March 12
High Mortality After Major Adverse Limb Events in Peripheral Artery Disease: Results from the COMPASS Trial (Anand SS et al.)
Anti-Inflammatory Therapy with Canakinumab and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: A Pre-Specified Key Secondary Endpoint of the CANTOS Trial (Everett BM et al.)
Blood Pressure Reduction in Black Barbershops (Victor RG et al.)
Primary Results of the Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat and Allopurinol in Patients with Gout and Cardiovascular Comorbidities (White WB et al.)
Device Closure Versus Medical Therapy for Secondary Prevention in Cryptogenic Stroke Patients with High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale (Lee PH et al.)
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Sunday, March 11
Lower Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Death Associated with Initiation of SGLT-2 Inhibitors versus Other Glucose Lowering Drugs — Real World Data Across Three Major World Regions with More Than 400,000 Patients: The CVD-REAL 2 Study (Kosiborod M et al.)
Multicenter Study of MagLev Technology in Patients Undergoing Mechanical Circulatory Support Therapy with HeartMate 3 (MOMENTUM 3) — Long Term Outcomes (Mehra MR et al.)
A Prospective, Randomised, Multicentre Study of a Pharmacogenomic Approach to the Selection of Antiplatelet Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes (Notarangelo FM et al.)
SECURE-PCI Trial: Loading Doses of Atorvastatin Versus Placebo in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes and Planned Revascularization (Berwanger O et al.)
Saturday, March 10
Excess National US Expenditures Associated with Lipitor Use After Introduction of Generic Atorvastatin: Insights from the Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2012–2014 (Warraich HJ et al.)