Cardiology
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Hyponatremia: Watch the water, not the salt
LAS VEGAS – Keeping an eye on sodium is key to diagnosing hyponatremia, but don’t forget it’s a problem of too much water, not salt, said an...
News
PPIs triple heart failure hospitalization risk in atrial fib patients
PARIS – Atrial fib patients taking proton pump inhibitors, largely unnecessarily, have a far greater risk of hospitalization for an acute heart...
Clinical
Perioperative statin associated with reduction in all-cause perioperative mortality in noncardiac surgery
Does perioperative statin use reduce 30-day mortality in noncardiac surgery?
Clinical
Readmission rates after passage of the hospital readmissions reduction program
Did hospitals receiving the highest penalties for readmissions have accelerated improvement in this metric after passage of Medicare Hospital...
News
Noncardiovascular comorbidities spike in acute heart failure
PARIS – The biggest jump occurred in the prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which rose from 27% in 2005 to 35% in 2014.
Clinical
Decision pathway for periprocedural management of anticoagulation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation
This work group synthesized available data to address whether and when anticoagulant therapy should be interrupted, whether and how anticoagulant...
News
What drives readmissions within 90 days after MI hospitalization
WASHINGTON – Cardiologists and hospitals gear up for switch to Medicare bundled payments for acute MI.
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CRT-D beneficial in mild HF with ejection fraction above 30%
WASHINGTON – Risk of death was cut in half in new MADIT-CRT long-term substudy.
News
It’s been a good year for heart failure research ... mostly
WASHINGTON – The highs ... and the lows.
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Uptake of new heart failure drugs slow despite guidelines
Ivabradine and sacubitril/valsartan reduce mortality and hospitalizations.