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Among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), those with diabetes are at higher risk for adverse outcomes. Thus, it is important to find the optimal treatment strategy for this high-risk group to improve their prognosis.
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) and stroke are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), but many such patients are not anticoagulated for fear of bleeding complications.
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Apixaban approval; new dental clinical practice guideline; apixaban for VTE; aspirin resistance; tamoxifen treatment; and FDA actions.
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The Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead (Model 6949) is known to have a high rate of lead fracture. In this paper, the authors look at survival of the Sprint Fidelis lead in the setting of a third lead for cardiac resynchronization.
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Volume infusion during right heart catheterization has been recommended to distinguish patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) from those with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).
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The appearance of right bundle branch block (RBBB) and incomplete RBBB (IRBBB) in otherwise healthy individuals is believed to be benign, but several cardiac and pulmonary diseases are known to be associated with RBBB and IRBBB.
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During coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, the aim is to achieve complete revascularization of all the coronary arteries.
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The relationship between neurologic complications of infective endocarditis (IE), urgent valve surgery, and outcomes is poorly understood. Thus, these investigators performed a retrospective analysis of a prospectively collected database of IE cases from 1984-2009 in seven Spanish hospitals.