Cardiology
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Controlling Hypertension
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. Your blood pressure doesn’t stay the same all the time: It lowers...
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: References
This is the complete reference list for this multi-part article.
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Treatment/Management
The goal in management of HIT—to reduce the likelihood, then the severity, of thrombosis—is achieved by discontinuing all heparin exposure and...
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Diagnosis
The diagnosis of HIT is determined by combining clinical and serologic assessments. The 4Ts scoring strategy to determine the patient's...
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia: Presentation and History
HIT should be suspected in any patient whose history shows heparin use within the previous two weeks (even if the drug has been discontinued).
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immune-mediated drug reaction to anticoagulant therapy that requires prompt detection and treatment to...
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Is same-day discharge after PCI safe?
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Delta NT-proBNP: Better Marker of Neuroendocrine Pathways Blockade in Decompensated Congestive Heart Failure?
Congestive heart failure (CHF) constitutes a major disorder affecting a large number of patients within the U.S. and its territories.
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Cardiovascular Disease Is a Risk Factor for Hip Fracture; Does Frailty Protect Against Cancer?; Choosing the Best Catheter for the Patient
Over the past 30 years, the incidence of fracture has steadily risen among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), but has not risen...
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Understanding Heart Failure
Heart failure may sound like the heart stops working, but actually it means the heart is having trouble working optimally. The heart's job is to...