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Clinical features of flash pulmonary edema (PE) are poorly understood. Thus, Dal-Bianco and colleagues from the Mayo Clinic studied the records of patients coded as pulmonary edema and identified 37 patients who had first-time flash PE and an echocardiogram and a BNP level within 24 hours.
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Risk prediction algorithms for non-cardiac surgery and therapeutic trials have focused on the prevention of myocardial ischemic events.
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For many years, treatment of acute MI with ST segment elevation (STEMI) has been fibrinolytic therapy or percutaneous intervention (PCI), with the primary objective to engage patients as soon as possible after the onset of chest pain in efforts to remove or decrease thrombus burden.
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In this paper, fang and colleagues compared five different risk stratification schemes as predictors of thromboembolism in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation.
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Does erythropoietin worsen cancer death rates? Most hypothyroid patients can be replaced with levothyroxine alone without additional T3. Does aggressive control in type 2 diabetes save lives?
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Certain asymptomatic patients with significant aortic regurgitation (AR) and preserved left ventricular (LV) function may be at high risk for mortality.
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Left main coronary artery stenosis is one of the primary indications for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Recently, a number of non-randomized studies and registries have suggested that stenting, using current techniques and devices, may be a feasible alternative to CABG.
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Stop smoking drug Chantix rates stronger warning from FDA; Type 2 diabetes surgery on the way?; Vytorin study inconclusive; Influenza A virus found resistant to Tamiflu; FDA actions.
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In this study, goldenberg and colleagues from the MADIT-II study analyzed risk factors for mortality in that trial. MADIT-II was a randomized trial of ICD versus conventional therapy, which included 1232 patients with documented previous myocardial infarctions who had an ejection fraction of ≤ 30%.