January 26th, 2015
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: January 26th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include dietary sodium content, mortality, and CVD risk in older adults, the ROX CONTROL HTN study, and more.
June 24th, 2013
Selections from Richard Lehman’s Literature Review: June 24th
Richard Lehman, BM, BCh, MRCGP
This week’s topics include time to treatment with IV tPA and outcome from acute ischemic stroke, rapid BP lowering in those with acute intracerebral hemorrhage, and more.
NEJM — Recent Cardiology Articles- Blinatumomab in Combined Immune Thrombocytopenia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome March 5, 2026A CD19-targeted therapy induced remission in a woman with refractory immune thrombocytopenia and antiphospholipid syndrome by stabilizing platelet counts, eliminating pathogenic antibodies, and enabling safer long-term anticoagulation.
- Assessing Nonculprit Coronary-Artery Lesions in STEMI March 5, 2026Multivessel coronary artery disease is seen on invasive coronary angiography in approximately 50% of patients presenting with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Previous trials have shown that in patients with hemodynamically stable disease, revascularization with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of a nonculprit coronary lesion results in better outcomes than...
- Blood-Pressure Targets in Hypertension Management March 5, 2026This feature about blood-pressure targets to manage hypertension offers a case vignette accompanied by two essays, one recommending a systolic blood-pressure target of less than 120 mm Hg and the other supporting a target of less than 140 mm Hg.
- Immediate or Deferred Nonculprit-Lesion PCI in Myocardial Infarction March 5, 2026In STEMI with multivessel disease, immediate iFR-guided PCI of nonculprit lesions was not superior to deferred cardiac stress MRI–guided PCI in reducing death, reinfarction, or hospitalization for heart failure at 3 years.
- An Incidental Finding Unraveled February 26, 2026When a physician’s own incidental finding sends her down a long and winding path to find answers, she finds herself overcome with worry — but also, eventually, a new appreciation for life.
- Blinatumomab in Combined Immune Thrombocytopenia and Antiphospholipid Syndrome March 5, 2026