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This paper provides up-to-date information on the incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions.
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Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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Current guidelines recommend hypothermia for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in whom return of circulation has been achieved.
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Current guidelines recommend dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and a thienopyridine, such as clopidogrel, following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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In assessment of acute chest pain in the emergency room, a new or "presumably new" left bundle branch block (LBBB) is considered as an electrocardiographic (ECG) equivalent to ST elevation.
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In this paper, daccarett and colleagues from the University of Utah assessed the potential contribution of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detection of left atrial fibrosis to risk stratify patients for stroke with atrial fibrillation.
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Atrial septal defects (asd) are the most frequent congenital heart defects. Closure of the defect (either surgically or percutaneously) is a Class 1 recommendation in the ACC/AHA guidelines for management of adults with congenital heart disease when there is right heart dilation.
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Patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) should be administered dual anti-platelet therapy with aspirin and a thienopyridine, such as clopidogrel. However, some patients are subsequently found to have left main (LM) or multivessel disease (MVD) and require coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. For patients who have been loaded with clopidogrel, early CABG can result in excess bleeding:
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Apixaban and rivaroxaban near approval for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation; fidaxomicin for C. difficile infections; guideline for intensive insulin therapy; and FDA Actions.