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Uncomplicated type B aortic dissection (origin distal to left subclavian artery) is usually treated medically. However, early mortality is 10%-12%, and is due to complications.
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The cardiac arrest registry to enhance survival (CARES) is a registry designed to help local emergency medical system officials monitor outcomes of out-of-hospital resuscitation.
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Since both treadmill exercise ECG and echo have independent prognostic value when studied alone, what does the ECG response add to a negative exercise echo?
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A long-standing controversy exists regarding use of angioplasty (PCI) vs best or optimal medical therapy in subjects with stable coronary disease (CAD).
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Ongoing safety review of tiotropium; raloxifene reduces the risk of endometrial cancer; one-day treatment with famciclovir may be as effective as 3-day treatment with valacyclovir; new Clinical Practice Guideline from the American College of Physicians regarding pharmacologic treatment for low bone density and osteoporosis; FDA Actions.
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In this report, Singh et al report a two hospital study on the use of esophageal temperature monitoring during atrial fibrillation ablation procedures.
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More than 7% of married couples (2.1 million) in the united States are infertile. Defined as the failure to conceive after one year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse, infertility is a chronic health problem for young adults.
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Early in 1992, two women in their 40s were treated for renal failure in a hospital in Brussels, Belgium. Both had been healthy and not recently taking any medications, although one had previously used a beta-agonist asthma inhaler for 8 years.
