Cardiology
Possible new blood test to diagnose heart attacks
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers are reporting a possible new blood test to help diagnose heart attacks.
Sep 20, 2011
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Sleep disorders
The big risk factor for stroke that you may not know you have
A cardiac condition called atrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, can increase your risk of stroke by 500 percent. That's why Anne B. Curtis, MD, Charles and Mary Bauer Professor and Chair of the University ...
Sep 15, 2011
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Cardiology
Cardiac disorder may affect broader range of patients than previously reported
Stress cardiomyopathy (a transient form of acute heart failure triggered by stressful events) appears to have clinical characteristics that are broader than reported previously, including younger patients, men, and patients ...
Jul 19, 2011
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Other
'Top 5' list helps primary care doctors make wiser clinical decisions
A physician panel in the primary care specialty of internal medicine has identified common clinical activities where changes in practice could lead to higher quality care and better use of finite clinical resources.
May 23, 2011
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Other
Increase in evidence-based treatments followed by decreased risk of death in heart attack patients
In an analysis of data from a coronary care registry in Sweden, between 1996-2007 there was an increase in the prevalence of use of evidence-based invasive procedures and pharmacological therapies for treatment of a certain ...
Apr 26, 2011
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Neuroscience
Heartbeats link mind and body together
While we're not necessarily aware of our heartbeat, this inner rhythm actually contributes to how we experience the body, and what belongs to it, according to research recently conducted at EPFL. A study to be published in ...
Aug 15, 2013
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Cardiology
Automated ECG directs patients with acute MI to cath lab
(HealthDay)—Use of an automated electrocardiogram (ECG) to diagnose acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) activates the protocol for referral to the cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) and achieves ...
Jul 23, 2013
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Health
AAFP issues top five 'choosing wisely' recommendations
(HealthDay)—The top five primary care issues that patients and physicians should question have been released by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) as part of the Choosing Wisely Campaign.
Feb 26, 2013
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Cardiology
QRS width on ECG linked to sudden cardiac arrest in CAD
(HealthDay) -- For patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), QRS width on electrocardiogram and echocardiographic evidence of heart failure are associated with out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), regardless of ...
Apr 20, 2012
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Cardiology
HFSA updates recommendations for use of cardiac resynchronization therapy
Based on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) be expanded to a larger group of patients with ...
Feb 27, 2012
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