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Dalbavancin Injection (Dalvance)
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Current Utility of Exercise ECG Testing
The authors concluded that these findings can be used to identify which patients would benefit from further testing after an initial exercise ECG test to diagnose coronary artery disease. -
CPAP is Great, But Don’t Forget About the Weight
The combination of CPAP and weight loss improves blood pressure better than either treatment alone. -
Neuraminidase Inhibitor Therapy of Influenza Virus Infections — Yes or No?
A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections but the CDC and IDSA disagree. -
Clinical Briefs
Another Win for Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes; Weighing the Risk:Benefit Equation of Azithromycin for Pneumonia; Hemospermia: Whats the Outcome? -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full July 29, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Echo in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
It is believed that right ventricular (RV) performance in acute pulmonary embolism patients is of prognostic value, but specific RV function parameters are not agreed upon and there are little outcome data in this area. -
Surgical Revascularization and Ischemic MR
The optimal treatment for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is controversial and suffers from a lack of sufficient study data to build a consensus. -
Why Is the Hospitalization Rate for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Increasing?
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and has been the leading arrhythmic cause for hospitalization. -
Heart Failure with Recovery of LV Function
The clinical implications of the recovery of left ventricular (LV) function after treatment of patients with initial systolic heart failure is poorly understood.