Mortality & Progression to ESKD After Heart Surgeries in Patients With CKD
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graf (CABG) are widely used...
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Cardiac Tests & Treatments to Avoid
In collaboration with the American Board of Internal Medicine’s Choosing Wisely campaign, the...
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Redefining MI After Revascularization
Numerous definitions for diagnosing myocardial infarction (MI) after coronary revascularization...
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Surgical Readmissions and Quality of Care
Throughout the United States, reducing the rates of hospital readmissions has become a top...
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Avoiding Readmission After CABG
Researchers from New York suggest that readmissions after CABG may be reduced through careful...
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Annuloplasty Plus CABG Helpful in Mitral Regurgitation
When compared with CABG alone, CABG plus mitral annuloplasty in patients with moderate ischemic...
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Exercise Testing After PCI
Recurrent ischemia and cardiac events are common after PCI and CABG, signifying that coronary...
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Mortality Rates Similar for CABG Procedures
Among patients undergoing CABG, open vein-graft harvesting and endoscopic harvesting appear to...
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A New Guide for Revascularizing Patients With CAD
In the December 6, 2011 Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of...
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Tailoring Antiplatelet Treatment
Important advances have occurred in our understanding of the platelets’ role in arterial...
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Revised Guidelines for Evidence-Based PCI
Over the last decade, significant advances and innovations have rapidly evolved in the use of PCI...
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ACC.12 Highlights for Surgeons
New research was recently presented at ACC.12, the annual scientific meeting of the American...
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