Cardiology
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Cardiac rehabilitation benefits elderly heart failure patients
Major finding: Cardiac rehabilitation boosted exercise capacity by an average 16% in elderly patients and an average 19% in younger patients.Data...
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Weight loss, exercise didn't affect heart outcomes in Look AHEAD
Major finding: A total of 403 patients in the intervention group and 418 patients in the control group had met the trial’s primary outcome, with...
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CT angiography predicts cardiac events long-term in diabetics
Major finding: Cumulative event-free survival for patients with normal coronary arteries on CT was 100% for hard cardiac events and all cardiac...
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AMA delegates say obesity is a disease
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AMA delegates say obesity is a disease
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Medicare-remunerated EVAR can mean negative operation margins
Major finding: In a study of DRG 238 remunerated EVAR, stent grafts accounted for 52% of the technical costs while institutional overhead costs...
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Hemodialysis AV graft patency similar for forearm, upper arm
Major finding: The risk of loss of primary unassisted graft patency was not significantly higher in patients who had an upper arm arteriovenous...
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Hand OA linked to increased heart disease risk
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FDA panels revisit rosiglitazone's cardiovascular safety
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Cholinesterase inhibitors may protect the heart
Major finding: Alzheimer’s patients who use cholinesterase inhibitors, compared with those who do not, have a 38% reduction in heart attack risk...