Topic: Duke University Health System
Transfusion practices vary widely among institutions providing cardiac surgery, but a restrictive perioperative transfusion status does not appear to be inferior to a more liberal transfusion strategy in terms of 30-day morbidity and mortality, according to two studies published Oct. 12 in ...
Patients who are hospitalized for heart failure are unlikely to have early follow-up after discharge, but those who are discharged from hospitals that have a higher rate of following up within one week have a lower risk of being readmitted within 30 ...
Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center has said.during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stock market values ...
Doctors have found a relation between stock market fluctuations and heart attack frequency, a preliminary study by North Carolina's Duke University Medical Center said Saturday.during the recent period of increased volatility in the stock market, we found that when stock market values ...
A risk score that includes patient information available at discharge can identify the risk of mortality in individuals hospitalized with advanced decompensated heart failure, according to research published in the March 2 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.. ...
In patients with coronary artery disease who need an elective endoscopic gastrointestinal procedure with a high risk of bleeding, cessation of antiplatelet treatment should be avoided for at least six months after undergoing revascularization and stent placement, according to a review in ...
Nearly a third of patients prescribed evidence-based medicine after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome discontinue one or more of their medications within three months, according to a study in the July 15 issue of the American Journal of Cardiology.. Chiara Melloni, M.D., ...
Patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy who go on to develop ventricular tachycardia have differences in the electrophysiology and electroanatomy of the scarred areas, according to a study published online May 27 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.. Haris M. Haqqani, ...
Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery within five days after receiving the antiplatelet agent clopidogrel increases the risk of reoperation, major bleeding and increased hospital stay in acute coronary syndrome patients, researchers report in the Nov. 18 issue of the Journal of ...
Heart defibrillator shock can signal more trouble, but device doesn't harm quality of lifeA lifesaving shock from an implanted heart defibrillator provides relief that a crisis was avoided, but new research suggests it can also be a sign that more trouble is ...
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