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Clinical Issues - Cardiovascular disease
Failing at heart failure treatment
Readmissions for heart failure cause financial problems for hospitals and even more pressing problems for patients. Everyone from Medicare to individual physicians is focused on methods of improvement. More
How to treat a double whammy
What to do when patients present with acute coronary syndrome and gastrointestinal bleeding. More
Test yourself
Heart failure
These cases and commentary, which address heart failure, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15). More
Baffled by beta-blockers
For hospitalists weighing whether to prescribe a beta-blocker perioperatively, recent updated guidelines provide some helpful indications, but significant questions remain. More
On the front lines of aortic dissection
A leading cardiologist explains why hospitalists are key to improving long-term outcomes. More
Test yourself
Ventricular tachycardia
The following cases and commentary, which address ventricular tachycardia, are excerpted from ACP’s Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14).
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Preventing heart disease by targeting patients' loved ones
Lori Mosca, ACP Member, explains how hospitalists can help reduce risk that runs in the family.
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New research on heart failure, elderly surgery at AHA Scientific Sessions
February '09
Heartening news about cardiac surgery in the elderly
Not long ago, a patient’s advanced age was a serious, potentially prohibitive risk factor when considering surgery. But innovations in surgical techniques, better patient care, and improving attitudes towards aging have led to octogenarians routinely surviving surgery and often significantly benefiting from it, allowing them to enjoy an improved quality of life for a decade or more afterward.
February '09
Statin use in the acute care setting
An expert summarizes best practices
January '09
Finding an algorithm for heart failure
The OPTIMIZE-HF study showed which symptoms predicted likelihood of in-hospital mortality from decompensated congestive heart failure and what were the most important predictive factors. Now, there's an algorithm for stratifying patients.
November '08
Delivery (of a shock) in two minutes or less
Assessing and improving cardiac arrest response times
Recent research has found that hospitalized patients with ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia don't always receive defibrillation within the recommended window, and that the delay has a detrimental effect on outcomes and survival. Cardiologists and other experts trying to improve these times say that hospitalists are in the perfect spot to take charge of the problem and lead improvement efforts.
August '08
Researcher aims to assess beta-blocker use in patients with pacemakers
August '08
Examining clinical questions in acute coronary syndromes
Recent research could change standard practice
June '08
It’s all about the chest compressions
New CPR advice downplays ventilation
June '08
MKSAP primer: Heart failure
Adapted from ACP's latest Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program
November '07
Test yourself: Heart failure in the elderly
From ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP14)
November '07
Stents, cholesterol and heart drugs dominate cardiology conference talks
May '07
Making sense of stents
Hospitalists are sorting through new evidence that patients who get drug-eluting stents are at risk for potentially deadly stent thrombosis for months, even years, after the devices are implanted. That's added new layers to medical and surgical decision making and put more pressure on hospitalists to facilitate communication among doctors and patients.
May '07
Test yourself
Acute coronary syndromes
Feb '07
Q&A
Improving door-to-balloon time for acute MI
Feb. '07
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