The HCPLive conference coverage page features articles, videos, and expert-led live coverage from major medical meetings throughout the year.
The “Forgotten Opioid†Is Beneficial as First-Line Drug or in Rotation
September 7th 2016Oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone, and codeine are among the commonly recognized prescription painkillers. But levorphanol is one that has been around since 1953, yet is often left behind for a newer medication.
Study Finds Opioids Provide Chronic Pain Relief for at Least Three Months
September 7th 2016The subjectivity of pain is just one of the reasons that it’s challenging to manage. A common strategy comes in the form of prescription drugs, which poses its own set of challenges. Therefore, it isn’t clear how well opioids actually work.
Revised FDA-Recommended Questions for Potential Opioid Abuse Provide Clearer Outcomes
September 7th 2016The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) created the Guidance for the Assessment of Abuse Potential of drugs for patients who have a history of recreational opioid use. But does the strategy actually work?
Ibrahim Danad, MD: PACIFIC Trial: Which Imaging Tool Has The Greatest Diagnostic Accuracy?
At The European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC), Ibrahim Danad, MD, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands, explained the results from his team's PACIFIC trial, which assessed two non-invasive coronary artery imaging tools: positon emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
PCI: New Imaging Detects Heart Attack Patients Who Don't Need It
About a quarter of patients who survived heart attacks due to blocked arteries could be treated with drugs, not invasive procedures. The trick is determining whether the blockage is cause by plaque erosion, not plaque rupture. With optical coherence tomography a team in Boston did just that.
Anselm K. Gitt, MD: DYSIS and Increased Persistent Lipid Abnormalities
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC) in Rome, Italy, Anselm Gitt, MD discussed the DYSIS program, which was designed to get an idea to see how patients were treated for secondary prevention, focusing on dyslipidemia patients.
Study: Drug-Eluting Stents No Better than Bare Metal
Drug-eluting stents are falling far short of their promises of fewer complications, improved mortality and quality of life, a study found. In the largest study ever done comparing newer drug-eluting stents to bare metal devices, Norwegian researchers found the drug stents did not show a difference in these outcomes.
Michael Lincoff, MD: Lipid Levels & Cardiovascular Outcomes With CETP Inhibition
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC) in Rome, Italy, Michael Lincoff, MD, Cleveland Clinic explained results from ACCELERATE trial involving patients with high risk vascular disease who received evacetrapib on top of standard care.
Sigrun Halvorsen, MD: Comparing Bleeding Rates in Non-valvular AF Patients Prescribed Anticoagulants
At the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC), Sigrun Halvorsen, MD, Oslo University discussed the results of her study which analyzed the bleeding rates among NVAF patients who were prescribed anticoagulants.
Christopher Granger, MD: Optimizing Stroke Prevention for Atrial Fibrillation
Christopher Granger, MD, professor of medicine, director of the Critical Care Unit at the Duke University Medical Center discussed that the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has grown to be one of the best forums to discuss best practices of cardiovascular care.
Douglas Mann, MD: Challenging The Prevailing Dogma
Experts at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2016 (ESC) expressed varied opinions on the DANISH trial. Researchers presented that implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) do not work for all heart patients.
Patients See Remote Monitoring of Cardioverters as Beneficial
Not all the news on remote monitoring of cardiac devices was bad at the ESC Congress 2016. Though a UK study had negative findings,Italian researchers said their use reduced office and ED visits and saved patients time and money.
Sonal Bhatia from Pfizer: Consistency in Data For The Last 5 Years
Sonal Bhatia, MD, Vice President, Global Eliquis Medical Lead, Pfizer, highlighted the significance of the consistency in data over the last five years, in relation to the five-year-anniversary of her team's Aristotle study at the European Society of Cardiology 2016 (ESC).