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Patients with LBBB get bigger long-term survival bang from CRT-D

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 23:40

WASHINGTON – Early treatment with cardiac-resynchronization therapy with a defibrillator showed a significant survival benefit in patients with mild heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction, and...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Study of hs-cTnT in chest pain intriguing, but flawed

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 22:55

WASHINGTON – The lack of detectable high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T in patients presenting with chest pain may be a marker of minimal risk of myocardial infarction within 30 days, according to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

ARB, ACE inhibitor at discharge curb heart failure readmissions

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 18:15

WASHINGTON – Patients with acute heart failure who were discharged on an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker were significantly less likely to be readmitted to...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Old, reliable drugs cut heart failure readmissions

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 17:30

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Heart failure patients discharged on inexpensive, guideline-recommended drugs were half as likely to be readmitted for the condition after 30 days, compared with those who weren’t...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

TAVR: More procedural success with balloon-expandable valves

Posted on: 30/03/2014 - 13:00

Patients with high-risk aortic stenosis undergoing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement saw better results with balloon-expandable valve prostheses, compared with self-expanding valve...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Survival after TAVR superior to surgery in high-risk aortic stenosis patients

Posted on: 29/03/2014 - 22:30

WASHINGTON – A first in transcatheter aortic valve replacement trials, the CoreValve prosthesis was superior to surgical valve replacement in patients with severe aortic stenosis at increased...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Novel anticoagulants get nod in new AF guidelines

Posted on: 28/03/2014 - 18:45

New guidelines for managing patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation recommend dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban, as well as warfarin, and call on physicians to use a more comprehensive...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

USPSTF: Evidence still ‘insufficient’ to back cognitive impairment screening

Posted on: 24/03/2014 - 21:00

Citing an ongoing lack of data about the benefits and harms of screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has left unchanged the recommendations of its 2003 guidelines on cognitive impairment...

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Nanotherapies make inroads in wound regeneration

Posted on: 21/03/2014 - 22:00

DENVER – Move over, gauze, bandages, and moist wound-healing techniques. Nanomaterials are making significant inroads in wound regeneration. Dr. Adam Friedman, director of dermatologic research at...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Patients with both HIV and HCV have higher hepatic decompensation rates, despite antiretrovirals

Posted on: 17/03/2014 - 21:00

Patients with HCV-HIV coinfections had significantly higher rates of hepatic decompensation vs. HCV-monoinfected patients, even when they received antiretroviral therapy and maintained low HIV RNA...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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