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How Hepatitis C Therapy Affects Cardiovascular Outcomes

April 23, 2019 7:00 am

Briefly noted: A recent retrospective study (AA Butt et al. Gastroenterol 2019; 156: 987-96) utilized a Veterans HCV database (n=242,680) and determined that HCV therapy improved cardiovascular outcomes.

Key finding: Treatment with a direct-acting antiviral regimen lowered the risk of cardiovascular events by more than 40% (hazard ratio of 0.57) compared to no treatment.

This finding is limited based on the reliance of a retrospective study and not being able to control for factors that may have led some patients to not receive treatment.

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