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Patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) should be administered dual anti-platelet therapy with aspirin and a thienopyridine, such as clopidogrel. However, some patients are subsequently found to have left main (LM) or multivessel disease (MVD) and require coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. For patients who have been loaded with clopidogrel, early CABG can result in excess bleeding:
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Atrial septal defects (asd) are the most frequent congenital heart defects. Closure of the defect (either surgically or percutaneously) is a Class 1 recommendation in the ACC/AHA guidelines for management of adults with congenital heart disease when there is right heart dilation.
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In this paper, daccarett and colleagues from the University of Utah assessed the potential contribution of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detection of left atrial fibrosis to risk stratify patients for stroke with atrial fibrillation.
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Mineralocorticoid receptor blockers have demonstrated improved survival in class III-IV heart-failure patients (spironolactone) and post-acute myocardial infarction patients with systolic dysfunction heart failure (eplerenone).
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The randomized evaluation of long-term anticoagulation Therapy (RE-LY) trial was a study that compared two doses of a new direct-thrombin inhibitor, dabigatran, to warfarin for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation.
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Coronary artery anomalies are being recognized with increasing frequency due to the increased usage of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans in patients with chest pain syndromes.
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Most prior study results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) have had relatively short follow-up duration.
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Thrombosis of prosthetic heart valves is one of the most feared complications of heart-valve replacement.
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