Cardiology
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Update in Hospital Medicine relays important findings
Two panelists highlighted the year of research in areas most relevant and important to hospital medicine.
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Reassuring data on impact of mild COVID-19 on the heart
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Infective endocarditis with stroke after TAVR has ‘dismal’ prognosis
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Nutritional support may be lifesaving in heart failure
Patients with high-risk chronic heart failure given individualized nutritional support in-hospital had lower mortality following discharge, a new...
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Hypertension worsened by commonly used prescription meds
Close to 20% of U.S. adults with hypertension are on a prescription drug, such as NSAIDs, known to raise blood pressure, creating an opportunity...
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Torsemide over furosemide as first-line loop diuretic for HF
One “Thing We Do for No Reason” is use furosemide rather than torsemide as loop diuretic for patients with heart failure, said Dr. Anthony Breu....
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Torsemide vs. furosemide in heart failure patients
Does the use of torsemide improve clinical outcomes when compared with furosemide?
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Higher MI shock survival with NCSI protocol: Final results
Final results of the National Cardiogenic Shock Initiative show better survival rates in acute MI shock than seen in previous North American...
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No link seen between heart inflammation and COVID shots, CDC says
“We have not seen a signal and we’ve actually looked intentionally for the signal in the over 200 million doses we’ve given,” says CDC director...
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Being overweight ups risk of severe COVID-19 in hospital
This research “adds to the known data on the associations between obesity and severe COVID-19 disease and extends these findings” to patients who...