Nearly Half of Patients With Vertigo Have History of Migraine
Migraine may represent a risk factor for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo and could explain...
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Author: Devyn Osborne
Should Physicians Who Left Retirement During COVID-19 Return to Medicine?
COVID-19 prompted an increased, dire public need for physicians. In response, a large number of...
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Intervention Reduces Post-Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery UTIs
A three-part intervention is practical to implement and effective in reducing postoperative UTIs...
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Why You Should Consider Shadowing Opportunities
Most doctors have been approached by a student asking for a shadowing opportunity. While it may...
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Bruce and the Knitting Circle
Socially inept Peggy finds solace in knitting and choir. She meets Bruce and falls for him, only to see his destructive personality. But is someone watching?
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Identifying Patients Who May Not Benefit from ICD Therapy
An observational study revealed that frailty and severe comorbidity were strong predictors of...
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Epicardial Ablation Proves Successful in Treating Brugada Syndrome
In patients with Brugada syndrome. arrhythmogenic substrate ablation plus implantable...
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Marshall Plan Ablation Strategy Shows Promising Outcome
Preliminary results from the PLAN-MARSHALL trial revealed that the Marshall Plan ablation strategy...
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Highly Increased Risk for Arrhythmias Found After Mechanical Ventilation for COVID-19
Patients who survived severe COVID-19 and who required mechanical ventilation were at increased...
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ANTWERP Score Selects Patients With Heart Failure for AF Ablation
The previous ANTWOORD I study evaluated the ANTWERP score, which predicts left ventricular...
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Incorporate Nutritional Guidance in Patients With Moderate Obesity
Study results suggest that incorporating registered dieticians into the nutritional guidance of...
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Statins Show Benefits for Patients With AF in Large, Population-Based Study
A population-based study including more than 51,000 patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) showed...
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CEASE-AF Meets Primary Endpoint in Persistent AF
The primary results of the CEASE-AF trial demonstrated that hybrid ablation—epicardial plus...
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Prolonged EKG Monitoring Detects Relevant Arrhythmias in HCM
Compared with standard EKG monitoring, prolonged EKG monitoring led to the detection of...
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AdaptResponse Trial: Adaptive Cardiac Pacing Did Not Reduce Risk for Death
Adaptive cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT) did not reduce the risk for death or intervention...
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Can ICD-EG-Derived Information Improve VT Ablation Outcomes?
In patients with structural heart disease and an indication for catheter ablation, data derived...
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Medical Fiction: Turbo Tim, Comet Man
A shuttle bus driver and COVID vaccine skeptic navigates the pandemic and misinformation while trying to keep himself and passengers safe.
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Trust Is Key to Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Completion Rates
According to current estimates, approximately 41.9% of adults in the United States have...
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High-Power, Short-Duration Ablation Linked With Higher Stroke Risk
A substudy of the POWER FAST III trial demonstrated that a high-power, short-duration...
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Satisfactory Results Reported for the Pentaspline PFA Catheter
Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing a first ablation using the pentaspline...
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