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Since patients with low gradient aortic stenosis are at higher risk for surgical replacement, more information concerning whom to select for surgery is desirable. Monin and colleagues from 6 centers in France studied 136 symptomatic patients with aortic valve area < 1.0 cm2, low cardiac index and a mean aortic pressure gradient < 40 mm Hg.
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Increases in cardiac volume in the non-pregnant state increase BNP, but little is known about pregnancy and BNP levels.
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Implantable cardiac rhythm devices are being used in an increasing number of patients and, in addition, patients who receive them are living longer.
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Dual anti-platelet therapy with aspirin and a thienopyridine, such as clopidogrel, is recommended after ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI).
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The incidence and significance of mitral valve prolapse (MVP) in patients with Marfan syndrome is poorly understood.
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In this paper, Van der Werf and colleagues from the University of Groningen report the diagnostic yield of comprehensive cardiologic and genetic examinations in surviving relatives of sudden, unexplained death victims and in victims of cardiac arrest where the event occurred between the age of 1 and 50 years.
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Although cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a class-I indication for the treatment of NYHA class III-IV patients with heart failure, few class-IV patients have been treated in the reported trials.
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Statins are a cornerstone of treatment for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). Their powerful lipid-lowering and plaque-stabilization effects are well known, as is their ability to reduce myocardial infarction and death.
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Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions.