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Study Suggests Growing Up in a Stress-Free Environment Lowers your Risk of Heart Attacks
(Reuters Health) - Kids who live in a stress-free environment may grow up to be adults with a lower risk of heart attacks than their peers who...
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Questions Have Been Raised about Potential Risks from Using Abbott Laboratories' Novel Coronary Stent
(Reuters) - U.S. government scientists have raised questions about the potential risks to patients of heart attacks and blood clots from Abbott...
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New Clinical Guides Available on Anemia, Congestive Heart Failure
SHM’s implementation tool kits provide hospitalists the information and tools they need to lead quality improvement projects on specific clinical...
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CRT in Patients with Heart Failure Without LBBB May Harm
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in patients with heart failure (HF) without left bundle branch block (LBBB)...
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Study Shows ICDs Benefit Women in Heart Failure Prevention
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Women with heart failure (HF) derive as much benefit from implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) for primary...
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Early Invasive Strategy for Acute Coronary Syndrome May, or May Not, Improve Outcomes
Clinical question: Does an early invasive strategy for acute coronary syndrome improve short-term outcomes? Bottom line: According to this real-...
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Coronary CT Angiography, Perfusion Imaging Effective for Evaluating Patients With Chest Pain
Clinical question: When evaluating the intermediate-risk patient with chest pain, should coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) be used...
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Heart Disease Linked to Loud Noise
NEW YORK - People with long-term exposure to loud noise at work or in leisure activities may be at increased risk of heart disease, a U.S.
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Medicare Tests New Quality Measure: Readmission Rates for Heart Failure
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has wrapped up a test run of a new measure for readmission of heart failure patients as the...
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Hospitalists Can Earn CME Credits for Acute Coronary Syndrome Performance Improvement
Approximately 1.7 million patients are hospitalized for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), and 600,000 die of an acute myocardial infarction. Although...