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There has been a drum roll of reports over the past several years regarding high-sensitivity c-reactive protein (hs-CRP) in the evaluation of primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention.
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Synopsis: In asymptomatic patients with preexcitation, electrophysiologic testing can stratify the risk of future symptomatic and fatal arrhythmic events.
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Synopsis: Amiodarone is superior to placebo for cardioversion of AF when measured at 24 hours after drug administration.
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Synopsis: Death due to cardiac structural complications is rare in young Marfans patients followed carefully on medical therapy, but arrhythmogenic sudden death occurs and is more common in those with LV dilatation.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Smallpox Vaccination and Adverse ReactionsGuidance for Clinicians in the Jan. 24th edition of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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The metabolic syndrome (tms), also known as the deadly quartet, Reavens syndrome, the insulin resistance syndrome, etc, has attracted considerable attention over the past few years, as it has been suspected that individuals with TMS are at increased risk for vascular disease, as well as the development of type 2 diabetes.
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The long-term success of revascularization by coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is not infrequently limited by degeneration, and ultimately failure, of venous conduits.
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Doppler echocardiographic techniques for estimating pulmonary artery (PA) systolic pressure (SP) and diastolic pressure (DP) using tricuspid (TR) and pulmonic valve (PV) regurgitation (PR), jet velocity and estimation of right atrial pressure (RAP) usually by inspection of the size and dynamics of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have been well described.
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