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New Subcutaneous ICD Said To Pose ‘Existential Crisis’ For Older ICDs 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Last year the FDA approved Boston Scientific’s subcutaneous ICD, the first ICD that can defibrillate the heart without using leads threaded to the heart through the blood vessels. Those leads are th...
Kaiser Program Yields Big Improvements In Hypertension Control 21 Aug 2013 | 02:11 am
A large percentage of the 65 million people with high blood pressure in the United States do not know they have hypertension or have not succeeded in controlling their hypertension. Although many prog...
Can Inflating A Blood Pressure Cuff Improve Outcomes Following Bypass Surgery? 16 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larryhusten/2013/08/15/can-inflating-a-blood-pressure-cuff-improve-outcomes-following-bypass-surgery/ For several decades cardiologists have been intrigued by the concept...
Fuster To Succeed DeMaria As Editor Of JACC 16 Aug 2013 | 01:46 am
The American College of Cardiology has announced that Valentin Fuster will be the next editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Fuster will succeed the current editor, Ant...
Observational Study Lends Support to CRT Guidelines 14 Aug 2013 | 02:50 am
A large observational study published in JAMA suggests that patients with left bundle-branch block (LBBB) and longer QRS duration derive the most benefit from a cardiac resynchronization therapy defib...
The Guidelines Are Dead. Long Live The Guidelines. 9 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Following last month’s surprising announcement that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute would no longer issue guidelines, leaders of the American Heart Association and the American College o...
FDA Panel Recommends Approval For Pulmonary Hypertension Drug From Bayer 8 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am
The FDA’s Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee recommended approval for Bayer’s new pulmonary hypertension drug, riociguat. The committee voted 11-0 in favor of approving the drug for two...
A PR Pitch For The Worst Diet In The World 7 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
I get all sorts of PR pitches. Most of them are uninteresting or ridiculous and I just ignore them. Here is one that is so stupifyingly wrong that I can’t resist sharing it. It should win some sort of...
Questions About President George W. Bush’s Stent 6 Aug 2013 | 07:35 pm
Former President George W. Bush received a stent today at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Here is the statement from Bush’s office: During President George W. Bush’s annual physical examination at...
Deja Vu All Over Again: Study Links Calcium-Channel Blockers To Breast Cancer 6 Aug 2013 | 01:21 am
A new observational study raises the possibility that calcium-channel blockers (CCBs) may be associated with a higher risk for breast cancer. Although previous studies examining this relationship have...
