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It has been 100 years since Sir William Osler outlined his concept of the relationship of the hospital to the university and to the education of physicians and nurses in an address to the Northumberland and Durham Medical Society in England. He stated that the hospital stands "primarily for... »
Medicare Proposes TAVR Coverage Criteria
Medicare officials have released a coverage proposal for transcatheter aortic valve replacement 3 months after the procedure was approved in the United States. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal restricts the procedure’s coverage where all of the following five criteria are... »
Intracranial Bleed Risk Higher in Warfarin Than Rivaroxaban Users
NEW ORLEANS – Compared with warfarin, the new-generation anticoagulant rivaroxaban was associated with a 40% lower risk of intracranial hemorrhage in patients with atrial fibrillation who were taking the agents to prevent stroke. Since its approval by the Food and Drug Administration last fall,... »
ORLANDO – The ACE inhibitor ramipril boosted both walking ability and quality of life in patients with peripheral arterial disease in a double-blind, randomized trial. This is the second randomized, placebo-controlled,... »
Everolimus-Eluting Stent Shows Acute MI Safety
PARIS – The notable safety of the everolimus-eluting coronary stent in a prospective, randomized trial with about 1,500 patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarctions may change the stent choice that many... »
NEW ORLEANS – An elevated Framingham Risk Score identified recent ischemic stroke patients at high risk for a myocardial infarction or vascular death over the next 2 years, in a retrospective analysis of data from more than... »
Aspirin, Warfarin Show Equal Heart Failure Efficacy
NEW ORLEANS – The largest, best controlled comparison of aspirin and warfarin ever done in patients with heart failure showed no overall difference between the two drugs for preventing thromboembolic events that cause death... »
Medicare Proposes TAVR Coverage Criteria
Medicare officials have released a coverage proposal for transcatheter aortic valve replacement 3 months after the procedure was approved in the United States. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ proposal... »
ORLANDO – Prolonged thromboprophylaxis with 30 days of oral apixaban in initially hospitalized, acutely medically ill patients proved no more effective and caused more major bleeding than 6-14 days of enoxaparin in a major... »
ICDs: Home Monitoring May Cut Inappropriate Shocks
PARIS – Results of two randomized controlled trials appear to solidify the safety of remote monitoring of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and one of the studies showed a significant decrease in the number of... »
Eplerenone Effective Across All High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
PARIS – The aldosterone antagonist eplerenone cut cardiovascular events and the need for hospitalization significantly across all risk levels in patients with mild heart failure, according to a subanalysis of the... »
It has been 100 years since Sir William Osler outlined his concept of the relationship of the hospital to the university and to the education of physicians and nurses in an address to the Northumberland and Durham Medical... »
TAVI Treks On
It took just two days after the Nov. 2 FDA approval of the Edwards SAPIEN transcatheter aortic valve for New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center to claim bragging rights as the first center in... »
Measuring Quality of Care
The measurement of quality of care has been the mantra of health policy care for the past decade, and has become as American as apple pie and Chevrolet. Yet there have been few data showing that the institution of quality of... »
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