Cardiology
Study reveals unequal access to addiction care in the Maritimes
When we walk through the doors of a hospital, as a patient we expect to receive the best care that is medically available.
Mar 18, 2022
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Cardiology
Heart infection involving ICD associated with high rate of complications, risk of death
Patients with infective endocarditis involving implanted cardiac devices experience a high rate of complications such as valve infections, heart failure, and persistent bacteremia, and high in-hospital and 1-year mortality ...
Apr 24, 2012
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Surgery
Early surgery ups outcomes in infective endocarditis
(HealthDay) -- For patients with infective endocarditis and large vegetations, early surgery reduces death from any cause and embolic events, compared with conventional treatment, according to a study published in the June ...
Jun 28, 2012
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Cardiology
Infection of the heart valves and healthcare costs on rise due to impact of IV drug
A new study finds the number of patients hospitalized with endocarditis has increased dramatically over the last decade in a pattern that mirrors the increase in mixed drug use. The nearly decade-long retrospective study ...
Apr 26, 2018
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Health
New guidelines urge patients to be vigilant about cardiac infections
Patients with specific cardiac conditions such as valvular heart disease and congenital abnormalities, or those requiring a pacemaker, should practice good dental and skin hygiene to help prevent rare but potentially deadly ...
Aug 25, 2023
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Cardiology
ESC infective endocarditis guidelines boost role of imaging in diagnosis
ESC Guidelines published today on infective endocarditis boost the role of imaging in diagnosis of this deadly disease.
Aug 29, 2015
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Dentistry
Dentists in good compliance with American Heart Association guidelines, according to Rochester epidemiology project
In the first study examining dental records in the Rochester Epidemiology Project, results show that dentists and oral surgeons are in good compliance with guidelines issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) in 2007, ...
May 23, 2017
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Cardiology
Opioid epidemic fueling a rise in infection-related stroke
The opioid epidemic is fueling a steep rise in infection-related stroke hospitalizations, according to preliminary research to be presented in Honolulu at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference ...
Jan 30, 2019
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Surgery
Injecting illegal drugs ups risk for death after heart surgery
(HealthDay)—People who inject drugs (PWID) have shorter survival following cardiac surgery than non-PWID, according to a review published online Nov. 8 in BMC Infectious Diseases.
Nov 13, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infective endocarditis increases more than tenfold in North Carolina
The number of hospitalizations and surgeries to treat drug-associated infective endocarditis have both increased more than tenfold in North Carolina, according to doctors at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine ...
Dec 5, 2018
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