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ICD2: No Survival Benefit With ICDs in Dialysis Patients Sudden cardiac death contributes to high mortality in patients receiving dialysis. A new study shows prophylactic implantation of a defibrillator confers no survival benefit.
Medscape Medical News, June 2019
One Cardiac Arrest. Four 911 Callers. A Tragic Outcome. Rhode Island's 911 operators are unprepared to handle cardiac arrest calls, and Rena Fleury, 45, lost her life.
ProPublica, June 2019
Flip of the Coin for New-Onset AFib With TAVR or SAVR Rates of new-onset atrial fibrillation in a National Inpatient Sample analysis are surprisingly high and linked to marked increases in in-hospital mortality.
Medscape Medical News, June 2019
ADA 2019 'Alarming' Complications in 20-Year-Olds With Type 2 Diabetes 'I think we need to recognize that...in these younger kids we probably need even more aggressive management than many adults with type 2 diabetes,' says the lead author of the TODAY-2 study.
Medscape Medical News, June 2019

On Twitter, and in Life, Aim to Persuade the Swing Voter Vinay Prasad talks about the ways in which #MedTwitter shines, as well as how medical debates, both online and at medical conferences, could be improved.
Medscape Oncology, June 13, 2019
TTR vs AL Cardiac Amyloidosis: Don't Rely on Imaging Alone Drs Acharya, Grogan and Abou-Ezzeddine from Mayo discuss amyloid and TTR cardiac amyloidosis, with particular focus on diagnostic challenges and use of the pyrophosphate (PYP) scan.
Mayo Clinic, June 5, 2019
ECG Challenge: Beating at a Fast Clip Whether it's related to his COPD, inhalers, neither, or both, this patient's ECG reveals why his pulse is so fast.
Medscape Cardiology, June 3, 2019
Conveyor Belt Medicine: Where Are the Brakes? Regional systems of care help streamline urgent care but make it difficult to halt false-positive activations in their tracks. Jaya Mallidi, MD, asks for some checkpoints along the way.
theheart.org on Medscape, June 3, 2019

HRS 2019 Should ICDs in Primary Prevention Go the Way of Aspirin? Do historic recommendations on ICD use for primary prevention in patients with ischemic heart failure still hold as background therapies and the patient population evolve, asks John Mandrola, MD.
theheart.org on Medscape, May 19, 2019