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Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) in patients referred for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) improves with revascularization in some cases, but in other cases it does not.
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Modern implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and permanent pacemakers can store all data about atrial tachyarrhythmias.
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Portable music players are now widely used at all age levels. The headphones used with these players, both ear-bud and clip-on varieties, are frequently worn in such a way that they may come into close proximity to a pacemaker or ICD in patients with these rhythm-management devices.
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Sudden syncope, especially while driving or during vigorous sports activity, is a widely feared, but relatively uncommon, event.
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Although heart rate is known to be a marker for the utility of beta blockers in ischemic heart disease and heart failure, there is no comparable trial data in hypertension.
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with bare-metal stents (BMS) or drug-eluting stents (DES) remains the most common method of coronary revascularization.
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The FDA has approved the first treatment for relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma. Pralatrexate, an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase, was granted accelerated approval by the FDA. It will be marketed by Allos Therapeutics as Folotyn™.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a 72-year-old woman as a baseline. How would you interpret her ECG? How many blocked and early findings can you identify?