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Reablate, don't medicate, after failed AF ablation
Major Finding: At 3 years after a first ablation procedure had failed for symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, 12% of those randomized to...
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Biomarkers predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy
Major finding: Cardiac resynchronization therapy device recipients with a preimplantation brain natriuretic peptide level of at least 440 pg/mL...
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Consider extended postop thromboprophylaxis when VTE risk reaches 0.88%
Major finding: Extended-duration thromboprophylaxis is preferable to inpatient-only thromboprophylaxis when VTE risk is 0.88% or greater.Data...
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Bariatric surgery less efficacious in blacks
Major finding: Black patients had a smaller decline in the mean body mass index (–30%), compared with whites (–34%), and Hispanics (–32%).
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Risk-based strategy bests drug therapy after Crohn's surgery
Major finding: 49% vs. 67% 18-month recurrence rates for risk-based vs. standard drug therapy.Data source: Data from 174 adults in the randomized...
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Nighttime cholecystectomy may increase complication risk
Major finding: Older nighttime cholecystectomy patients had a threefold increased risk for complications.Data source: A retrospective study of 576...
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Skip the sphincterotomy before bile duct stent placement
Major finding: There were no significant differences in early or late complications among patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent stent...
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Nortriptyline no better than placebo for gastroparesis symptoms
Major finding: There were no significant differences in improvement of gastroparesis symptom scores with nortriptyline vs.
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Mobile app guides patients through precolonoscopy bowel prep
Major finding: Bowel prep scores were significantly better for app users (8.19) than for those who had smartphones (6.92) but did not use the app...
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Postop surveillance sufficient for stage I testicular cancer
Major finding: The 10-year cancer-specific survival was 99.6%.Data source: Retrospective, nationwide cohort study of surveillance in 1,822 men...
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Standard-dose radiation bests high-dose radiation in advanced NSCLC
Major finding: Patients with stage-III non–small cell lung cancer who received high-dose radiation had a 56% greater risk of death than those on a...