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Generalists Need Education on HF Treatment A unique study trying to drill down into why cardiologists seem to gain better outcomes than generalists when treating heart failure has identified a number of reasons that this is the case. But generalists--who treat the majority of HF--have to deal with older and sicker patients, confounding the issue. The authors hope the work will act as a catalyst to improve HF care.
Heartwire, February 7, 2012
STS Power-Transmission Technology Could Radically Change LVAD New wireless technology used to power implantable ventricular assist devices has the potential to make them far safer than ever before and bring the therapy to patients at earlier stages of heart failure than are currently recommended.
Heartwire, February 3, 2012

Latest on LVADs: What All Docs Need to Know Ileana L. Piña, MD talks to James Kirklin about mechanical assist devices and how LVADs have graduated from being transition devices for transplant patients to long term therapy.
Medscape Cardiology, December 19, 2011
Digoxin: Watch for Toxicity in Your Afib Patients! Ileana L. Piña talks to Paul J. Hauptman about using digoxin, with a focus on toxicity in older patients with atrial fibrillation.
Medscape Cardiology, December 9, 2011