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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 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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Apixaban approval; new dental clinical practice guideline; apixaban for VTE; aspirin resistance; tamoxifen treatment; and FDA actions.
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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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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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Autopsy studies from the Korea and Vietnam wars, which demonstrated that atherosclerosis begins in teens and young adults, have revolutionized our understanding of the pathogenesis and progression of coronary artery disease (CAD).
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This paper reviews the experience at a large cardiac surgery center with ventricular arrhythmias in the postoperative period. The authors searched the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) adult cardiac database for all patients undergoing cardiac surgery at Emory University between January 2004 and July 2010.
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Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting failure rates are as high as 40% at 18 months. How many of these failures are due to the discontinuation of clopidogrel is the subject of this observational study done at a regional heart center in the Southern California Kaiser system that includes detailed pharmacy records.
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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.
