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7 Hours of Sleep Can Reduce Heart Disease

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Kathryn Doyle

Reuters Health

Too little sleep, or poor-quality sleep, may be linked to early markers of heart disease in asymptomatic healthy adults, a new study from South...

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Mortality Risk in Patients Older than 75 Presenting with Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Author:

Joshua Allen-Dicker, MD, MPH

Jessica Berwick, MD, MPH

Neal Biddick, MD

Matthew Hill, MD, FHM

Matthew Ronan, MD

Alexander R. Carbo, MD, SFHM

Clinical question: Is there a score that will predict the mortality rate in elderly patients presenting with a non-ST-elevation myocardial...

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Getting in Shape May Help Reduce Irregular Heart Rhythm

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Reuters Health

(Reuters Health) - For overweight and obese people with atrial fibrillation, improving cardiorespiratory fitness with exercise may help to reduce...

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No Advantage to Routine Thrombectomy Prior to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for STEMI

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Nita Shrikant Kulkarni, MD

Clinical question: Does the use of routine thrombectomy for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction improve outcomes...

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Updated Guidelines for Management of Non-ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

Author:

Poonam Sharma, MD

Adam Wachter, MD

David Ming, MD

Lisa Cohen, MD

Noppon Setji, MD

Clinical question: What is the recommended approach for management of non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTE-ACS)? Background: This is...

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Sleep Apnea Should Be Addressed in Heart Failure Population

Before you fall asleep at the thought, consider the fact that sleep apnea has been identified as a major contributing factor in new onset atrial...

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Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Placement Decreases Heart Failure

Author:

Richard Quinn

Clinical question: Does cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with biventricular pacing decrease cardiac events in patients with reduced...

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Neither Low-Dose Dopamine nor Low-Dose Nesiritide Improves Renal Dysfunction in Acute Heart Failure Patients

Author:

Alfred Burger, MD, FACP, FHM

Dahlia Rizk, DO, FHM

Erica Grabscheid, MD, FACP, FHM

Rebecca Calabrese, MD

Shamit Patel, MD

Svetlana Chernyavsky, DO

Daniel Steinberg, MD, FACP, FHM

Beth Israel Medical Center

Mount Sinai Health System

New York

N.Y.

Clinical question: Does low-dose dopamine or low-dose nesiritide added to diuretic therapy enhance pulmonary volume reduction and preserve renal...

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No Mortality Difference Associated with Pre-Operative Beta Blocker Use for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Without Recent Myocardial Infarction

Author:

Anthony Worsham, MD, MS

Charles A. Pizanis, MD

Patrick Rendon, MD

Dana Davis, MD

Jens Langsjoen, MD

J. Rush Pierce Jr., MD, MPH

Division OF

Pre-operative beta blocker use not found to improve outcomes, but is linked with slightly higher rates of atrial fibrillation

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American College of Physicians Releases Clinical Practice Guideline for Treating Anemia in Heart Disease Patients

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Julieann F. Grant, MD, PhD

D’anna Saul, MD

Alexis N. Lopez, MD

Anita L. Hart, MD

Mark A. McQuillan, MD, FACP, SFHM

ACP recommendations for red blood cell transfusion, use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents

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