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Canadian Experience Backs Multiple Arterial Grafting The study confirms a known survival advantage but also shows no increase in 30-day adverse events including sternal reconstruction, an oft-cited risk of the strategy.
Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2017

Acurate Neo Valve Holds Its Own Against Sapien 3 Both transcatheter valves had very high success rates, with one study author suggesting the Acurate Neo, investigational in the US, "is more or less an all-comer valve like the Sapien."
Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2017
TAVR Looms Large in First AUC Document for Severe Aortic Stenosis There are more treatment options than ever before, but guidelines only go so far when the patient is 90-something, frail, and with multiple chronic disorders, for example.
Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2017
Uncontrolled Hypertension Unchanged in US Adults New data from the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics show less than half of US adults with hypertension have their blood pressure under control, basically unchanged since 2010.
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2017
DNR Status Can Skew HF Mortality Metrics, Hurt Hospital Rankings Do-not-resuscitate status in heart failure varies widely among hospitals and can confound their quality measures, a study suggests. For CMS, adjusting for it "would be a step in the right direction."
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2017

Regular Walking, Even if Minimal, Tied to Lower Death Risk
Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2017
Real-World Reassurance on Bleeding Risk With DOACs in VTE
Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2017
FDA Advisory Panel Endorses Semaglutide for Type 2 Diabetes
Medscape Medical News, October 18, 2017
ANA Stroke, Cardiac Events Increased After First Stroke in Young
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 2017
'Alarming' Increase in Stroke Risk Factors
Medscape Medical News, October 17, 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

Oct 20 Cardiology News Secondary AF, Heart failure statistics, DOAC bleeding rates, uncontrolled hypertension and stroke risk factors are discussed by John Mandrola in this week's podcast.
theheart.org on Medscape, October 20, 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
A Corrosive Force in Medical Care Are RVUs slowly but surely killing the art of medicine?
Medscape, October 20, 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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RN Cohorts Becoming More Educated, Diverse New registered nurses are significantly more diverse as a group, and more nurses have obtained or are pursuing bachelor's degrees, a study has found.
Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2017
Joint Commission Leaves Telehealth Alone
Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2017
Potentially Preventable Medicare Spending High in Frail Elderly
Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2017
Fewer ACA Ads, Puzzled Public Threaten Sign-ups, KFF Says
Medscape Medical News, October 19, 2017

Should Doctors Embrace or Reject Alternative Treatments? More consumers are using complementary and alternative treatments, and medical centers are adding nontraditional therapies. Should doctors embrace or reject these treatments?
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 18, 2017
How Much Is Your Practice Worth? Many doctors who have a financial stake in a practice don't know what the practice is worth. That's a mistake, say experts in practice valuation. Here's why, and what a practice valuation involves.
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 17, 2017

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Hope and Hazards for Patients After Fontan Procedure Drs Egbe and Said join Dr Melissa Lyle to discuss the progress and challenges in managing patients who have undergone Fontan palliation.
Mayo Clinic, October 20, 2017
A Corrosive Force in Medical Care
Medscape, October 20, 2017
In T2D, How Low Should BP Go?
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 20, 2017
Patient Prejudice: When Credentials Aren't Enough
Medscape Features Slideshows, October 18, 2017

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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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AHA Council on Hypertension - AHA Council on Kidney in Cardiovascular Disease - American Society of Hypertension Joint Scientific Sessions 2017
September 14-17, 2017; San Francisco, California
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

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