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CT Before TMVR May Identify Risk for Outflow ObstructionComputed tomography (CT) in advance of transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) may help identify patients at risk for left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction, researchers say.
Reuters Health Information, January 2019
PFO Closure After Stroke Shows Long-term BenefitsA new study shows a low rate of recurrent stroke with up to 17 years of follow-up. It also questions the need for lifelong use of aspirin in these patients.
Medscape Medical News, January 2019
NAFLD in Adolescent Boys Improves With Low Sugar DietAdolescent boys on a "low free sugar" diet show significant improvements in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), according to results from an 8-week randomized clinical trial.
Interventional Cardiology: Physician and Proceduralist'I do not want to be known as a high- or a low-volume operator,' writes, Jaya Mallidi, MD, in a plea for her field to value critical thinking as much as it celebrates the latest Impella case.
Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Holger ThieleHolger Thiele's career in cardiogenic shock began in West Berlin where he witnessed the fall of the wall and moved to Leipzig to pursue cardiology. This former ironman still bikes to the hospital.
Echo Case: Four of a KindDr Wharton demonstrates an interesting and unusual case of a young adult with dyspnea, highlighting the value of M-mode echocardiography.