Guidelines May 2016

May 26, 2016
"2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/03/28/CIR.0000000000000404

"Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy: A Systematic Review for the 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2016/03/28/CIR.0000000000000405
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May 19, 2016
"Appropriate Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Infection in Adults: Advice for High-Value Care From the American College of Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2481815
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May 12, 2016
"Aspirin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement"
http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2513179

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May 5, 2016
"AHA Scientific Statement Electrocardiographic Early Repolarization"
http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/133/15/1520.full

"The early repolarization (ER) pattern (ERP), initially described as elevation of the ST segment of ≥1 leads on the 12-lead ECG, has long been considered a benign phenomenon. However, more recent studies have demonstrated positive, negative, and neutral associations between an ERP and various end points, including all-cause, cardiac, and arrhythmic mortality. These recent studies have used more complex or heterogeneous definitions of ER, including J-wave or J-point elevation and QRS complex notching or slurring, with or without concomitant ST-segment elevation. Other studies have identified an increased prevalence of ERP in survivors of spontaneous ventricular fibrillation (VF) or cardiac arrest."