Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia

Apixaban versus Warfarin in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

In patients with atrial fibrillation, apixaban was superior to warfarin in preventing stroke or systemic embolism, caused less bleeding, and resulted in lower mortality. (Funded...

Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, Canadian Stroke Network, Health Research Board Ireland, Swedish Research Council, Swedish Heart an...

Associations of urinary sodium excretion with cardiovascular events in individuals with and without hypertension: a pooled analysis of data from four studies

Full funding sources listed at end of paper (see Acknowledgments).

Blood-Pressure and Cholesterol Lowering in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

BACKGROUND: Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of c...

Positive predictive value of device-detected atrial high-rate episodes at different rates and durations: An analysis from ASSERT