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The ECG in the Figure was obtained from a 77-year-old. woman with a history of "heart problems." What can (and can not) be said about this tracing?
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Beta-Blockers Therapy for the Treatment of Hypertension; Treatments for Acute Migraine; Statin Therapy for ACS Patients; The Correct Dosing for Onychomycosis; FDA Actions
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Exercise training is associated with short-term improvements in functional capacity in heart failure patients, but its effect on mortality and heart failure readmissions have been mixed.
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Billions of dollars are spent annually in the United States on Multivitamins in the hope they will improve health.
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This paper reports the early results from a proof-of-concept study looking at combined renal artery denervation and pulmonary vein isolation in hypertensive patients with atrial fibrillation. The authors randomized patients with drug refractory atrial fibrillation and drug-resistant hypertension to either standard pulmonary vein isolation or pulmonary vein isolation with renal artery denervation in a single procedure.
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Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce the rate of in-stent restenosis (ISR) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS). However, the first-generation DES had higher rates of late stent thrombosis than BMS, and this was more evident after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) early after myocardial infarction (MI) has been shown to increase the risk of death or recurrent MI, but little is known about the long-term risks.
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The left atrial appendage is thought to be the source of a large proportion of emboli in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. In this paper, Bartus and his colleagues describe an innovative new device that uses a combined transseptal-epicardial approach to ligate the left atrial appendage.
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Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of VTE and AD; patients' understanding of chemotherapy benefits; and FDA actions.
