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BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting of the Heart Rhythm Society. Patients with ICDs programmed with a number... »
Approval of Generic Clopidogrel a Boon for Patients or Payors?
UPDATED 5/19/12: Just as Sanofi-Aventis loses its exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel) this month, several generic formulations of the antiplatelet agent have been approved, the Food and Drug Administration announced on May 17. In the FDA statement announcing the approval,... »
Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Effective for Primary Prevention
The shifting balance of data for and against broader use of statin treatment tilted again toward more liberal use, with results from a meta-analysis of more than 170,000 participants showing a clear, positive, overall effect from statin treatment in all types of adults, even those with a relatively... »
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Longer ICD Detection Window Reduces Inappropriate Shocks
BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting... »
Guidance Offered on Children With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
BOSTON – Although it ranks behind hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden cardiac death in children and young adults, the Wolff-Parkinson-White electrocardiogram pattern warrants monitoring and, in some cases,... »
Warfarin Self-Testing Boosts Time in Therapeutic Range
CHICAGO – The new oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation may be garnering all the buzz, but don’t count out warfarin. "It’s not just a knee-jerk reaction that all patients should be switched... »
BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting... »
Guidance Offered on Children With Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
BOSTON – Although it ranks behind hypertrophic cardiomyopathy as a cause of sudden cardiac death in children and young adults, the Wolff-Parkinson-White electrocardiogram pattern warrants monitoring and, in some cases,... »
Warfarin Self-Testing Boosts Time in Therapeutic Range
CHICAGO – The new oral anticoagulants for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation may be garnering all the buzz, but don’t count out warfarin. "It’s not just a knee-jerk reaction that all patients should be switched... »
News
Longer ICD Detection Window Reduces Inappropriate Shocks
BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting... »
Approval of Generic Clopidogrel a Boon for Patients or Payors?
UPDATED 5/19/12: Just as Sanofi-Aventis loses its exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel) this month, several generic formulations of the antiplatelet agent have been approved, the Food and Drug... »
Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Effective for Primary Prevention
The shifting balance of data for and against broader use of statin treatment tilted again toward more liberal use, with results from a meta-analysis of more than 170,000 participants showing a clear, positive, overall effect... »
BOSTON – Tweaking implantable cardioverter defibrillator settings to lengthen the detection window is safe and significantly reduces inappropriate antitachycardia pacing and shocks, an investigator said at the annual meeting... »
Approval of Generic Clopidogrel a Boon for Patients or Payors?
UPDATED 5/19/12: Just as Sanofi-Aventis loses its exclusivity for its blockbuster drug Plavix (clopidogrel) this month, several generic formulations of the antiplatelet agent have been approved, the Food and Drug... »
Meta-Analysis Shows Statins Effective for Primary Prevention
The shifting balance of data for and against broader use of statin treatment tilted again toward more liberal use, with results from a meta-analysis of more than 170,000 participants showing a clear, positive, overall effect... »
Video Library
Novel Agent Lowered LDL Up to 72%
CHICAGO – An investigational fully human monoclonal antibody slashed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by up to 72% in a phase II clinical trial in dyslipidemic patients not at goal despite already being on a... »
Trial Supports Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain
CHICAGO – Cardiac CT angiography in the emergency department safely redirects to home the many patients who would otherwise be admitted for acute chest pain, according to results of the prospective, randomized ACRIN PA 4005... »
ADOPT Nixes Extended Thromboprophylaxis in Medically Ill
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... »
CHICAGO – An investigational fully human monoclonal antibody slashed low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels by up to 72% in a phase II clinical trial in dyslipidemic patients not at goal despite already being on a... »
Trial Supports Cardiac CT for Acute Chest Pain
CHICAGO – Cardiac CT angiography in the emergency department safely redirects to home the many patients who would otherwise be admitted for acute chest pain, according to results of the prospective, randomized ACRIN PA 4005... »
ADOPT Nixes Extended Thromboprophylaxis in Medically Ill
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... »
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Hospital Concierge Care and Medical Education
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... »
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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