Cardiology
Conference Coverage
Atypical presentation of anorexia in men can lead to missed diagnosis
News
FDA rejects serelaxin for acute heart failure
Conference Coverage
No link seen between ondansetron and tachyarrhythmias in healthy children
Top clinical point: The study findings support cardiac monitoring for children with cardiac diagnoses who are receiving ondansetron.
News
FDA declines to approve IV antiplatelet drug cangrelor
News
INR test strips recalled due to reports of inaccurate results
Practice Economics
CDC: Policy changes could prevent 100,000 deaths a year
Article
High-Altitude Illness
Patients participating in occupational and sports-related activities requiring ascent to high elevations are at risk of developing a range of high...
News
Vast majority of ED visits for acute heart failure become admissions
Major finding: Overall, 83.7% of acute heart failure patients who presented to the ED were admitted for hospitalization.Data source: A...
Conference Coverage
HS cardiac troponin T shows MI rule-out potential
Major finding: Undetectable cardiac troponin T and no ECG change ruled out MI in emergency chest-pain patients with 99.8% accuracy.Data source:...
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Heparin surpasses bivalirudin in STEMI primary PCI
Major finding: STEMI patients stented on unfractionated heparin had a 6% 28-day MACE rate, vs. a 9% rate on bivalirudin.Data source: The HEAT-PPCI...
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A fib–associated stroke jumped 42% in 2000s
Major finding: During 2003-2010, annual stroke hospitalizations in U.S. atrial fibrillation patients rose from 71,000 to 101,000, a 42% increase....