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Seth Bilazarian Signs off from Clinical Practice
After more than 20 years, Dr Bilazarian decides to leave clinical practice and take a job in industry. He reflects on the reasons and his hopes for his new career.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 12, 2015
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ICD-10: Get Ready for Another Efficiency Scam
October 1 is the implementation deadline for ICD-10 coding and the promise of increased efficiency. After 10 hours of training, Dr Bilazarian is not impressed.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 24, 2015
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The Case for Adherent Early Adoption of Entresto
Dr Seth Bilazarian respectfully disagrees with Dr John Mandrola and outlines why he will be a cautious and strictly adherent adopter of the new ARNI heart failure drug.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 03, 2015
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Inappropriate Cath, Appropriate Revascularization
Two cases prompt Dr Bilazarian to suggest a new category for the appropriate use criteria for coronary revascularization.
Experts And Viewpoints, July 13, 2015
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Pulmonary-Embolism Response Team: Not Just for the Big Boys
Dr Seth Bilazarian reviews the benefits of a PERT program at his community hospital and suggests other practitioners start one.
Experts And Viewpoints, June 15, 2015
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Verghese Lecture at ACC: Don't Just Second That Emotion
Seth Bilazarian gives his take on the messages conveyed by Abraham Verghese in his talk about patient-physician relationships at the ACC Scientific Sessions.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 07, 2015
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'Rx: The Quiet Revolution': Heart and Soul Meet Modern Medicine
After so many doom-and-gloom healthcare documentaries, Seth Bilazarian is pleasantly surprised to find Rx: The Quiet Revolution, representative of his experience and insightful.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 31, 2015
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Nutrition Counseling: From Clueless to Competent, Part 2
Seth Bilazarian provides tips on increasing your 'nutrition literacy' and counselling patients to eat healthy and lose weight.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 10, 2015
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Nutrition Counseling: From Clueless to Competent -- Part 1
Seth Bilazarian outlines the challenges in advising patients about nutrition when you have little training in the topic.
Experts And Viewpoints, March 06, 2015
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Board Recertification: There Has to Be a Better Way
Seth Bilazarian appeals for efficiencies in the recertification process after completing his 10th board exam.
Experts And Viewpoints, January 08, 2015
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Standardizing the Referral Process: Yay or Nay?
Seth Bilazarian questions the wisdom of a checklist approach to specialist referrals.
Experts And Viewpoints, December 26, 2014
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Is Interventional Cardiology in a Lull?
Seth Bilazarian views a hiatus in major breakthroughs as an opportunity to more fully integrate best practices.
Experts And Viewpoints, November 13, 2014
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Antiplatelets and Anticoagulation
Dr Bilazarian talks with Nikolaus Sarafoff from the ISAR Study Group in Munich, who recently presented the ISAR-TRIPLE study.
Experts And Viewpoints, October 22, 2014
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TAVR: A Plea to Refer Patients for Consideration
Given the five-year PARTNER data on transcatheter aortic valve replacement, Dr Bilazarian appeals to referring physicians.
Experts And Viewpoints, September 26, 2014
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Good Enough for Your Spouse (or Significant Other)?
Dr Bilazarian bemoans the negative news about doctors and discloses his strategy for reminding himself why he went into medicine.
Experts And Viewpoints, August 29, 2014
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Triumphs and Regrets of an Early Adopter
Dr. Bilazarian reviews what he got right and wrong in his 20 years as an interventional cardiologist.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, July 31, 2014
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E-Cigarettes: What to Tell Patients
Channeling Donald Rumsfeld, Dr. Bilazarian outlines both the known and unknown unknowns about e-cigarettes.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, June 30, 2014
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The Misnomer of Low-Value Care
Dr. Bilazarian critiques a paper that deems elective PCI (among other tests and procedures) as low-value care.
Experts And Viewpoints, May 29, 2014
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Confessions of a SYMPLICITY HTN-3 Trialist
Dr. Seth Bilazarian reflects on the negative results for renal denervation, and the need for alternatives to multiple drugs for severe hypertension.
Experts And Viewpoints, April 21, 2014
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Sunshine Act: The Law, Physicians, and Corporate Attorneys
Dr. Bilazarian makes a compelling case for why you should care about the Sunshine Act.
Slide/Lecture Presentation, March 24, 2014
