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The cause of ischemic stroke remains uncertain despite a complete diagnostic evaluation in many cases. Detection of atrial fibrillation (AF) after cryptogenic stroke would have important therapeutic implications.
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The clinical implications of the recovery of left ventricular (LV) function after treatment of patients with initial systolic heart failure is poorly understood.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia and has been the leading arrhythmic cause for hospitalization.
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The optimal treatment for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is controversial and suffers from a lack of sufficient study data to build a consensus.
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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.
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Another Win for Bariatric Surgery in Type 2 Diabetes; Weighing the Risk:Benefit Equation of Azithromycin for Pneumonia; Hemospermia: Whats the Outcome?
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A Cochrane review questions the value of osletamivir and zanamivir in the treatment of influenza virus infections but the CDC and IDSA disagree.
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The combination of CPAP and weight loss improves blood pressure better than either treatment alone.
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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.