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Low Serum Calcium Linked to Sudden Cardiac Arrest Risk The risk of cardiac arrest more than doubled in those with the lowest calcium levels, but it's unknown how low is too low or the benefits of higher calcium intake or calcium supplementation.
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017

No Strong Benefit of Long-term Anticoagulation in Secondary AF A preliminary study suggests little benefit on stroke reduction and a suggestion of increased bleeding from long-term anticoagulation in transient AF secondary to ACS, sepsis, or lung disease.
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy More Severe for Black Women African American women with peripartum cardiomyopathy present with worse symptoms, are less likely to recover, and when they do, take twice as long compared with other groups, a new study shows.
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017
Healthy Weight Key to Keeping BP in Check Over Lifetime Maintaining normal body weight may be the most important factor for maintaining normal blood pressure throughout life, a new study suggests.
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2017
Merck Abandons Plans to Pursue Anacetrapib The investigational cholesterol-lowering drug is now the fourth CETP inhibitor to fall by the wayside.
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2017

Does Gestational Diabetes Per Se Up Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk?
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017
Increasing Acai Sales Demands Vigilance for Chagas Disease
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017
Hypertension in 40s Linked to Later Dementia, but Only in Women
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2017
Should Medical Research Stick to More 'Serious' Topics?
Medscape Reader Polls, October 11, 2017
WCN Risk Factors for Seizures, Epilepsy After Stroke
Medscape Medical News, October 10, 2017
After Hurricane Maria, Physicians Team Up to Provide Care
Medscape Medical News, October 6, 2017
Health 2.0 Big Data Foretells Future Health
Medscape Medical News, October 4, 2017

Oct 13 Cardiology News Noninvasive tests for chest pain evaluation, the obesity epidemic, the costs of cardiac device recalls, and DOAC-drug interactions are reviewed in this week's podcast.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 13, 2017

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Heart Failure and AF: Where Does Ablation Fit in? CASTLE-AF and AATAC show that ablation for coexisting AF reduces mortality patients with heart failure. 'Sinus rhythm matters,' says Dr Di Biase.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 13, 2017
Advice to My Younger Self From a Seasoned Cardiologist A visit from a premed student leads this cardiologist to reflect on the wisdom gained from 26 years in private practice. What tricks of the trade would she impart to the young Dr Walton-Shirley?
theheart.org on Medscape, October 10, 2017
We Need Consistency, Not Complacency, to Improve Public Health Obesity has been normalized to become the problem clinicians don't see and therefore don't treat, but recent data showing that one in five kids and teens are obese should shock us into action, says Dr Mandrola.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 11, 2017
The Complexities Behind High Prescription Prices Drs Harrington and Kesselheim discuss the varied reasons why prescription drugs are so pricey and whether policies can interrupt this alarming trend.
theheart.org on Medscape, August 14, 2017
Leading Science Journalist Carl Zimmer on His Genome Dr Eric Topol speaks with science journalist Carl Zimmer about where he gets his ideas, what his genome looks like, and how he got a tapeworm named after him.
Medscape, October 5, 2017
PURE Confusion: Observational Data Can't Tell Us What to Eat The PURE study suggests that dietary saturated fat is good and carbohydrates bad, but nutritional guidelines should be based purely on randomized data, argues Dr O'Donoghue.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 11, 2017
Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Rory Collins Professor Collins' 'random' path to medical statistics took him across three continents, to the Presidential inaugural ball of a certain peanut farmer, and even to knighthood.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 2, 2017
ADA The Last Remnants of the Crumbling Ivory Tower: Social Media Changes Everything Will social media be the last straw to bring the ivory tower down? Dr John Mandrola lists the reasons.
Medscape, June 13, 2017

Clinical Cases

ECG Challenge: A Swimmer With an Irregular Pulse A woman who exercises regularly has an irregular pulse on routine physical examination. What does her ECG show?
Medscape Cardiology, October 13, 2017
Analyze This Image: An Echo With Associated Abnormalities Can you make the diagnosis from the echo images or is a cardiac MRI needed?
theheart.org on Medscape, September 28, 2017

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Opioids Top List of Malpractice Claims Linked to Medications One problem is that some physicians cave into the requests of persuasive, pill-seeking patients against their better judgement, the medical liability insurer Coverys says in a new study.
Medscape Medical News, October 16, 2017
Alert Trump Axes ACA Cost-Sharing Subsidy Payments to Insurers
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017
New Tools Aim to Help Develop and Enhance Diagnostic Skills
Medscape Medical News, October 13, 2017
NIH Precision Medicine Initiative Runs Into a Snag
Medscape Medical News, October 12, 2017

What Makes a Medical Practice Profitable? MGMA released key research at its annual conference on what creates a leading and profitable medical practice.
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 12, 2017
Medscape Practice Management Report 2017: Strategies, Staff More than 1150 physicians from over 25 specialties gave insights into workflow efficiency, income, overhead costs, staff and patient complaints, and more.
Medscape Features Slideshows, October 11, 2017

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Nutrition Training for Young Doctors Lacks BiteAlthough medical schools teach basics, offer online courses, or have 'healthy kitchens,' nutrition education for young doctors may well be inadequate.
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Do Transgender Patients Feel Welcome in Your Practice?
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Heart Failure and AF: Where Does Ablation Fit in?
theheart.org on Medscape
Getting Naloxone Woke Him Up; Not Having Naloxone Woke Us Up
Medscape Public Health
ECG Challenge: A Swimmer With an Irregular Pulse
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Heart Failure and AF: Where Does Ablation Fit in? CASTLE-AF and AATAC show that ablation for coexisting AF reduces mortality patients with heart failure. 'Sinus rhythm matters,' says Dr Di Biase.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 13, 2017
ECG Challenge: A Swimmer With an Irregular Pulse
Medscape Cardiology, October 13, 2017
We Need Consistency, Not Complacency, to Improve Public Health
theheart.org on Medscape, October 11, 2017
PURE Confusion: Observational Data Can't Tell Us What to Eat
theheart.org on Medscape, October 11, 2017

Journal Articles

Mendelian Randomisation in Cardiovascular Research
Heart, October 16, 2017
Unraveling Vascular Inflammation: From Immunology to Imaging
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 11, 2017
TMVR When Mitral Surgery Fails
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 9, 2017

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Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) 21st Annual Scientific Meeting
September 16-19, 2017; Grapevine, Texas
European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) 2017 Annual Meeting
September 11-15, 2017; Lisbon, Portugal
European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2017
August 26-30, 2017; Barcelona, Spain
International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)
July 8-13, 2017; Berlin, Germany

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