Cardiology
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Outcomes of alcohol septal ablation in younger patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Clinical question: Is alcohol septal ablation (ASA) safe in younger patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM...
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Acute kidney injury linked with doubled inpatient VTEs
TORONTO – Which comes first: the acute kidney injury or the venous thromboembolism?
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Pharmacomechanical thrombolysis does not reduce post-thrombotic syndrome risk
The ATTRACT trial results contrast with recent reports from another randomized trial, known as CAVENT.
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Underlying peripheral arterial or venous disease in patients with lower extremity SSTIs
Hospitalists are in a unique position to identify patients with underlying peripheral arterial and venous disease when they are admitted for lower...
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Benefit of dabigatran over warfarin persists in AF patient subgroups undergoing PCI
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Dabigatran protected against thromboembolic events with less bleeding regardless of stent type, type of concomitant treatment,...
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Observing BP measurement made no difference in SPRINT
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – It didn’t matter whether BP measurements were observed or not; blood pressure control and outcomes were largely the same either...
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Heart failure readmission penalties linked with rise in deaths
Heart failure readmissions penalties linked with rise in deaths ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Evidence continues to mount that Medicare’s penalization of...
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Prescribers mostly ignore clopidogrel pharmacogenomic profiling
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Physicians treating ACS patients with an antiplatelet all but ignore their genetically assessed ability to metabolize...
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Keep PCI patients on aspirin for noncardiac surgery
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Perioperative aspirin is more likely to help than harm PCI patients undergoing noncardiac surgery.
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VIDEO: Regionalized STEMI care slashes in-hospital mortality
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – Implementation of the AHA Mission: Lifeline program improved treatment times.