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The province of Ontario in Canada maintains a comprehensive database of all implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implants.
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Hypertension is usually asymptomatic, so adherence to drug therapy is an issue, especially if the drugs used cause symptoms.
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It is believed that returning blood flow to chronically ischemic but viable myocardium in patients with heart failure due to coronary artery disease will improve symptoms and reduce mortality.
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The utility of inflammatory markers in acute pericarditis is not well understood. Thus, these investigators from Italy prospectively evaluated serial high sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) serum levels in patients with acute pericarditis followed for 24 months on average.
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In this paper, Singh and his colleagues from the MADIT-CRT study looked at the influence of left ventricular lead position on responses to therapy in that trial. MADIT-CRT was a randomized clinical trial of patients with indications for an ICD New York Heart Association (NYHA) class I or II heart failure and a QRS duration > 130 msec.
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This paper provides up-to-date information on the incidence of sudden cardiac death in athletes at National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) institutions.
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Anticholinergic drugs for COPD; pioglitazone for diabetes prevention; insulin degludec in Phase 3 trials; and FDA Actions.
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Current guidelines recommend hypothermia for comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in whom return of circulation has been achieved.