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EuroPCR TAVI to Treat Surgical Valve Failure Shows Potential The largest series to date looking at use of a transcatheter valve to treat the failure of a surgically implanted prosthetic has found high rates of survival at one year, but enough in the way of safety signals that investigators are cautioning against widespread use of the practice.
Heartwire, May 16, 2012
HRS 'Sweet Spot' for Echo-Guided CRT Lead Placement Explored Device therapy meets personalized medicine: optimal lead positions are different for every patient, but once the leads are in, how close is close enough?
Heartwire, May 14, 2012

Medication Adherence: How Important Is a Spouse? Of all the factors we believe to influence medication adherence, how important is having a spouse to remind you to take your pills on time?
Medscape Nurses, May 11, 2012
Anticoagulate in Heart Failure -- Do We Have an Answer? Ileana Piña talks to Shunichi Homma about the results of WARCEF, an important trial that compared warfarin and aspirin in patients with heart failure.
Medscape Cardiology, April 19, 2012

The 'Brown Bag Clinic' and Other Jewels From ACC 2012
Medscape Cardiology, April 5, 2012
Chronic Hyperglycemia and Irreversible Cardiac Damage?
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 8, 2012
Framingham Residents Stockpile Statins
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 1, 2012
Understanding the Diabetic Heart
Developments to Watch, February 21, 2012