Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) refers to the utilization of radiotracers to image regional myocardial perfusion from coronary artery blood flow to the heart muscle. Used effectively, MPI can provide the clinician with a noninvasive technique that yields both important diagnostic and powerful prognostic information regarding the functional significance of anatomic coronary artery disease.
30-day all-cause hospital admission rates lowered in older patients with chronic systolic heart failure who were started on digoxin when compared to placebo.
This article originally appeared in the August 29, 2013, issue of Internal Medicine Alert
Evidence-based updates in primary care medicine By Louis Kuritzky, MD
Supplement to Clinical Cardiology Alert, Clinical Oncology Alert, Critical Care Alert, Hospital Medicine Alert, Infectious Disease Alert, Neurology Alert, OB/GYN Clinical Alert, Primary Care Reports.
Supplements and herbal medications have extensive worldwide use; in the United States alone, more than $5 billion was spent on herbal supplements in 2012.