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Guidelines to assess cardiovascular risk are often inconsistent and poorly developed.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a 66-year-old woman with chest discomfort. What is going on in this tracing?
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The burgeoning population of individuals with type 2 diabetes corresponds to a parallel increase in obesity.
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Even if asymptomatic, early elective aortic valve replacement should be considered for increasingly symptomatic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis because they have a poor prognosis with a high event rate and a risk of rapid functional deterioration, especially if the peak aortic jet velocity is above 5.5 m/sec.
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Globally defined, heart failure exists when delivery of oxygen to the tissues is insufficient to meet demand.
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While antidepressants are clearly effective in patients with severe depression, their effects on those with mild or moderate depression may be insignificant.
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Results from a Phase 3 study of dabigatran, intensive lipid-lowering in CVD, H1N1 vaccine dosing and efficacy, and FDA Actions.
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The ECG shown above was obtained from a 42-year-old man who presented with the complaint of "a funny feeling in my chest."
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A kallikrein inhibitor has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of acute attacks of hereditary angioedema (HAE).
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When a chest CT angiography (CTA) is ordered to rule out pulmonary embolism (PE) in an emergency room setting, it is much more likely that an incidental finding will be discovered than a PE. This often leads to decision-making challenges and raises questions about the proliferating use of such technology.