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Follow-Up Appointments Essential for Heart Failure Patients
October 1, 2012
Risk of rehospitalization low for heart-failure patients who follow-up with their outpatient doctors
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Online System Doesn’t Affect Pneumonia, Heart Attack Mortality Rates
March 7, 2012
Still value in public reporting, transparency, says hospitalist
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New Studies Show Increased MI, ACS Risks in Dabigatran Patients
February 8, 2012
Anticoagulant's benefits might still outweigh drawbacks, researcher says
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Intermountain Risk Score Could Help Heart Failure Cases
November 4, 2011
A risk measurement model created by the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, may one day be a familiar tool to HM groups. Known as the Intermountain Risk Score (http://intermountainhealthcare.org/IMRS/), the tool uses 15 parameters culled from complete blood counts (CBC)
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Hospitalist at Heart
November 2, 2011
UCSF quality guru believes every hospitalist can help improve the system
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Hospitalists Tackle Heart Failure
February 9, 2011
Standardized care plan expected to reduce readmissions
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What Is the Role of BNP in Diagnosis and Management of Acutely Decompensated Heart Failure?
February 2, 2011
Each year, more than 1 million patients are admitted to hospitals with acutely decompensated heart failure
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When are vasoactive agents indicated in acute heart failure?
October 1, 2008
Case A 72-year-old retired nurse with known nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy with an ejection fraction of approximately 20% and status-post cardiac resynchronization therapy presents to the emergency department with dyspnea with minimal activity, three-pillow orthopnea, and paroxysmal nocturnal dy
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Can CT coronary angiography effectively rule out coronary disease in a patient admitted with chest pain?
January 1, 2008
A 58-year-old male with a past medical history significant for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia presents four hours after acute onset of substernal chest pain that rates eight on a scale of 10
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The Anorectic Heart
June 1, 2007
Pneumomediastinum and pericardial effusion in a 40-year-old male with anorexia nervosa
