Does aspirin plus clopidogrel, versus aspirin alone, reduce the risk of ischemic lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) within 30 days of acute ischemic stroke due to large artery atherosclerotic disease? - See more at: http://www.acc.org/latest-i...

This study reports that hospitalization of patients with stroke in PSCs was associated with decreased 7-day and 30-day case fatality compared with noncertified hospitals. Traveling at least 90 minutes to receive care offset the 30-day survival benefit ...

Although ischemic coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common etiology of heart failure (HF), the extent to which patients with new-onset HF actually undergo an ischemic work-up and/or revascularization is not well defined.

Although grayscale intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is generally used in clinical practice, using only the amplitude of the reflected ultrasound signals limits the assessment of plaque composition. - See more at: http://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/...