Internal Medicine Alert – July 30, 2016

July 30, 2016

• Can a Brain Condition Affect the Heart?

  A large, prospective cohort study in women with more than two decades of follow-up indicated a consistent link between migraine and cardiovascular disease events, including cardiovascular mortality.

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• Should Lipid Measurements Be Obtained in the Fasting or Nonfasting State?

  When attempting to determine whether fasting or nonfasting lipid measurements are most appropriate in an individual patient, it is important to first think carefully about the clinical scenario and consider what question the results answer.

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• Reduced Cardiac Index Is Not Correlated with Renal Function in Heart Failure Patients

  In a retrospective analysis of patients with acute decompensated heart failure who received a pulmonary artery catheter, there was no significant correlation between cardiac index and markers of renal function, contradicting the importance of cardiac output in renal dysfunction among patients with heart failure.

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• Sofosbuvir and Velpatasvir Tablets (Epclusa)

  Sofosbuvir and velpatasvir tablets are indicated for the treatment of adult patients with chronic HCV genotype 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 infections.

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• Clinical Briefs

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