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• Systematic screening for atrial fibrillation 'better than routine GP practice' Systematic screening in GP practices for atrial fibrillation could identify more people with the disease than routine practice, according to a gold-standard review.
• Antiplatelet Effects of Aspirin: Which NSAIDs Interact? Low-dose aspirin is widely used as prevention for myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases, but there is evidence that concurrent use of NSAIDs may inhibit the antiplatelet effect of aspirin.
• Repeat ablation wins out over antiarrhythmic agents for recurrent paroxysmal AF Should recurrences after a failed ablation in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (AF) be treated with antiarrhythmic drugs (AAD) or with a repeat pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) procedure? More likely second time''s the charm, suggests a randomized trial showing that repeat ablation is much more likely than AAD to get rid of a recurrence.
• 'Clean' Vessels Seen in Some Young MI Patients Although young patients with acute coronary syndromes typically carry traditional cardiovascular risk factors, some of them show no evidence of underlying coronary artery disease, researchers found.