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ESC-HFA 2021 Iron-Clad Benefits of CRT Seen in Reduced-EF Heart Failure The IRON-CRT trial's novel design allowed it to explore how IV ferric carboxymaltose improves outcomes when given to iron-deficient patients with HFrEF.
News, July 02, 2021
Physician-Mother Investigates Son's Mysterious Illness A cardiologist and mother used every resource and connection she had to investigate strange symptoms in her 9-year-old son.
News, October 13, 2020
What to Do When Recovered COVID-19 Patients Still Test Positive? Although the data are limited and there's still a lot that is not known about COVID-19's course, it is becoming clear that PCR tests are 'a very poor surrogate for infectivity,' said one expert.
News, June 09, 2020
German Physician Explains Alternative Ventilation for COVID-19 A physician shared his early successes with an alternative approach to ventilation for COVID-19 patients. But many are wary of abandoning decades of research-backed practices for this new approach.
News, April 28, 2020
Doctor With COVID-19 Recovering After Treatment, 'Lot of Luck' A 62-year-old dermatologist shared his story of being treated for COVID-19-associated pneumonia while still on oxygen in the hospital.
News, April 05, 2020
Medical Mystery: Beer-Linked Kidney Failure and Paralysis A medical resident tells the story of solving a medical mystery at the center of a national health crisis.
News, February 27, 2020
Elephant in the OR: The Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Relationship A patient's passing comment about shortness of breath alerted an anesthesiologist to a condition that led him to cancel her elective surgery.
News, December 19, 2019

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