Arrhythmias & EP
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BLOCK-HF published: Biventricular pacing aids certain heart failure patients
Major Finding: The rate of death from any cause, an urgent care visit for HF, or an increase of 15% or more in LV end-systolic volume index...
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Women have more complications with ICDs
Major finding: One year after receiving an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, women were 91% more likely to develop a major complication and...
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Amiodarone increases cancer risk in men
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Atrial fib symptoms milder but mortality higher in men
Major finding: Cardiovascular death in women with atrial fibrillation was 54% lower than affected men after adjustment for clinical differences....
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Digoxin linked to doubled mortality in atrial fib
Major finding: Newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation patients who received digoxin had twice the mortality of new a fib patients not on the drug....
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Old gout drug learns new cardiac tricks
Major finding: At the end of 5 years of allopurinol use, the incidence of new-onset atrial fibrillation was 184 cases/1,000 person-years in the...
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Patients underestimate risk of warfarin emergencies
Major finding: Just 25% of respondents recognized the urgency of acute unilateral vision loss as a possible sign of stroke and 20% recognized the...
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FDA issues warning on azithromycin arrhythmia risk
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PREVAIL trial of Watchman device meets safety endpoint
Major finding: The primary safety endpoint, The 7-day composite rate of death, ischemic stroke, systemic embolism, or device-related...