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In this paper, Rodriguez and his colleagues from the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Miami report their experience with laser-assisted cardiac rhythm device lead extraction in a large group of patients.
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New recommendations for HPV vaccine; guidelines for treatment of essential tremor; updates on smoking cessation drugs; and FDA actions.
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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is an uncommon condition with a wide spectrum of possible clinical presentations. Implantable defibrillators (ICDs) are standard therapy for treating ARVD/C patients who present with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or cardiac arrest.
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This paper gives the results of a substudy from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial with Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (MADIT-CRT) trial.
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Since there is a lack of prospective data on the frequency of which constrictive pericarditis (CP) develops after acute pericarditis (AP), this group of investigators from Torino, Italy, conducted such a study.
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Clopidogrel therapy is indicated for many patients with cardiovascular disease, particularly those who have had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
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Patients who have had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with either bare metal stents (BMS) or drug-eluting stents (DES) require dual antiplatelet therapy until the stent struts are endothelialized.
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The management of chronic heart failure patients would benefit from an accurate noninvasive way to estimate left atrial pressure (LAP).
