Interventional Cardiology & Surgery
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Tracking System Proposed for Medical Devices
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Transfusions, Blood Conservation Yield Similar Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery
Major Finding: Compared with transfusion recipients, Jehovah's Witnesses who refused transfusions after undergoing similar cardiac surgery had...
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Tips on Cardiovascular Testing Before Cancer Surgery
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FDA Delays Decision on Rivaroxaban for ACS
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Delayed Surgery a Plus for Blunt Aortic Injury
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Chronic Kidney Disease, Diabetes Equivalent MI Predictors
Major Finding: In 4 years of follow-up, the MI rate was 18.5 per 1,000 person-years in patients with a history of MI, 5.4 per 1,000 person-years...
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Dabigatran Label Cites Superiority to Warfarin in Stroke Prevention
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Panel: SAPIEN Valve Safe, Effective for High-Risk Patients
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Hormonal Contraception Raises Thrombotic Stroke, MI Risk
Major Finding: Women who used low-dose OCs (30-40 mcg estradiol) had a risk of arterial thrombosis that was 1.3-2.3 times higher than that in...
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Infusions Didn't Lower Cardiac Surgery-Related Kidney Injury
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Diagnostic Imaging on the Rise Even in 'Accountable' HMOs
Major Finding: CT scans tripled, MRIs quadrupled, ultrasounds doubled, and PET scans rose by a factor of 15 from 1996 to 2010 among adults in six...