Women have pulled even with men for outcomes after acute coronary syndromes at an early age, a multinational study suggested.
Surgical simulators improved skill levels among cardiothoracic surgery residents, which could make their procedures safer, a study suggested.
Statins, aspirin, and other medications used to prevent heart attacks also reduce their severity, a Chinese study found.
Clopidogrel's (Plavix) boxed warning was revised to say that the platelet inhibitor can cause "diminished antiplatelet effect in patients with two loss-of-function alleles of the CYP2C19 gene."
European groups called for hospitals to agree on a single standard number for staff to call internally to summon help for cardiac arrest cases.
Late-breaking trials at the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) meeting included positive data at 3 years for the Valiant Captivia Thoracic Stent Graft System in acute complicated Type B aortic dissection and for a single-arm study of a novel micro-infusion device to deliver steroid treatment to tissue around arteries injured by endovascular interventions.
The World Heart Federation called on governments globally to put cardiovascular disease surveillance and monitoring systems in place.