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VIDEO: What’s new in AAP’s pediatric hypertension guidelines
September 15, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO – Some of the advice is similar to the group’s last effort in 2004, but there are a few key changes.
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Opinion
Hospital value-based purchasing is largely ineffective
September 7, 2017
Complicated pay-for-performance programs divert limited available resources away from meaningful improvement activities in order to comply with onerous reporting requirements.
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Ivabradine cut mortality in HFrEF patients not on beta-blocker
September 7, 2017
BARCELONA – Secondary analysis of SHIFT trial suggests potential expanded role for heart failure agent.
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Heart failure guidelines updated
September 5, 2017
What new evidence is available to guide heart failure (HF) management?
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Triple therapy reduces exacerbations in patients with symptomatic COPD
September 4, 2017
Does triple therapy (long-acting beta2-agonist, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and inhaled corticosteroid) reduce exacerbations in patients with symptomatic COPD?
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HEART score can safely identify low risk chest pain
September 2, 2017
Clinical Question: Can the HEART score risk stratify emergency department patients with chest pain?
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VIDEO: Clopidogrel bests ticagrelor in PCI for ACS in real-world study
August 30, 2017
BARCELONA – Fewer adverse events seen with less potent platelet inhibition in contemporary practice in CHANGE DAPT.
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VIDEO: Rivaroxaban plus aspirin cut cardiovascular events in stable patients
August 28, 2017
BARCELONA – The COMPASS trial produced “unambiguous results that should change guidelines and the management of stable coronary artery disease,” commented Eugene Braunwald, MD.
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Forgo supplemental oxygen in adequately perfused patients with acute MI, study suggests
August 28, 2017
Supplemental oxygen shows no benefit in no-hypoxemia patients with acute MI.
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Rapid AMI rule out
August 28, 2017
Clinical Question: Can a single high-sensitivity cardiac troponin-T (hs-cTnT) reliably rule-out acute myocardial infarction (AMI) to safely enable earlier discharge?
