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More Help Estimating Filling Pressures by Echo/Doppler
Reflex tachycardia, during a Valsalva maneuver, is a sign of normal LV filling. -
Echo Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis
Mild, perivalvular regurgitation cannot be used as a diagnostic criteria for prosthetic valve endocarditis. -
Gender Differences in Ventricular Arrhythmia Recurrence
These data should force us to look at factors other than the traditional variables we have used to assess risks among patients with a history of ventricular arrhythmias. -
Prevention of Cardiovascular Events After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Folic acid and B vitamins may yet be proven to have a positive role through decreasing HC levels, but enthusiasm for such an approach is no longer appropriate. -
Availability of prenatal genetic tests questioned
As researchers discover more genetic links to diseases, newer and more accurate diagnostic and screening tests are making their way to the market. But with an increasing array of tests out there, it is becoming more difficult for providers to determine which screening and diagnostic tests will offer tangible benefits to patients and which will most likely cost them and their insurers vast amounts of money and raise more questions than answers. -
News Brief: Film teaches art of medical error disclosure
The Georgia Hospital Association, with support from a grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has developed a film to instruct health care professionals on the art of disclosing medical errors and unanticipated outcomes to patients and family members. -
Full September 2004 issue in PDF
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Trauma Reports Supplement
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Full September 6, 2004, Issue in PDF
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Correction