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Medication poisonings in children; rosuvastatin vs atorvastatin for atherosclerosis; saw palmetto for prostate symptoms; using atypical antipsychotics for off-label indications in adults; and FDA actions.
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This paper describes the mortality and economic costs of infections associated with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators (ICDs) in Medicare recipients.
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Perioperative cardiac events are the leading cause of surgical mortality. Thus, there has been considerable interest in predicting which patients are at highest risk.
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Approximately half of all cases of heart failure occur in the context of normal systolic function (heart failure with preserved ejection fraction [HFPEF]) and the number of cases is projected to rise as the population ages.
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In severe symptomatic aortic stenosis (AS), surgical AVR improves mortality, but there is no medical therapy proven to slow progression of the valvular stenosis.
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In this study, Siklody and her colleagues from three large and experienced atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation centers performed cerebral magnetic resonance imaging before and after AF ablation using three different catheter technologies.
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This report is from the ARISTOTLE trial, which was just reported at the recent European Society of Cardiology meeting in Paris. Apixaban is a new direct oral factor Xa inhibitor with a favorable pharmacokinetic profile.
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Apixaban could soon join the anticoagulation market; Chinese herbs for flu; chronic medication and discontinuation after hospitalization; and FDA actions.
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New emphasis on optimal medical therapy in atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease has focused attention on the short-term variability of blood pressure (BP) measurements and the difficulty this poses for the diagnosis and treatment of hypertension.
