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"The Heart" Articles
The following is a link to information from http://www.theheart.org. The Heart Care Partners have included this link for informational purposes and do not necessarily support or confirm the research or papers referred to.Advisory panel votes to recommend FDA approval of ticagrelor
28/07/2010 22:20
An FDA advisory panel voted overwhelmingly in favor of approval of AstraZeneca's antiplatelet agent Brilinta for preventing thrombotic events in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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Two new randomized trials bolster benefits of compression-only CPR
28/07/2010 22:00
Two large multicenter trials support recent recommendations that bystanders perform hands-only CPR, which can lead to short-term survival rates that are just as good as those with CPR using both...
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Traditional tools for gauging neurological prognosis post-cardiac arrest may no longer be accurate: Study
28/07/2010 19:45
Modern care after cardiac arrest, including the widespread use of therapeutic hypothermia, has improved neurologic outcomes so much that traditional prognostic methods may be underestimating survival...
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Taking patients directly to existing PCI centers is more cost-effective than expanding PCI capacity
28/07/2010 15:00
Computer modeling of different regional approaches to STEMI treatment based on data from Dallas County, TX shows that building an EMS system that can identify STEMI and take patients directly to a...
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Dr Terry Ferguson moves on to AstraZeneca
27/07/2010 22:30
Formerly an academic cardiologist in Texas, Ferguson joined the Medicines Company in January 2008 and has now moved on to be senior director, clinical development, at AstraZeneca. His first focus is...
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Arguments continue over the metabolic syndrome
27/07/2010 19:15
The metabolic syndrome has been the subject of controversy for many years: to this day, agreement cannot be reached between the diabetes and cardiology communities about the validity of naming and...
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Avoiding lowest-volume centers and adhering to quality measures lower cost of CABG overall
27/07/2010 15:00
A new study looks at the link between center and surgeon volume and quality of care for coronary bypass surgery.
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Researchers make myocytes to mimic long-QT syndrome
26/07/2010 22:30
A German group reports on its success in turning patient-specific pluripotent stem cells into cardiac myocytes that recapitulate the features of long-QT syndrome.
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Acute-MI care at "high-quality" hospitals as likely for blacks, whites: Medicare data
26/07/2010 21:00
In an analysis of Medicare data, African Americans were at least as likely as whites to be treated at "America's Best Hospitals" top-ranked for cardiac care when it came to MI, but the story was a...
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FDA advisors to contemplate PLATO at July 28 meeting on ticagrelor
26/07/2010 20:00
FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee will review AstraZeneca's new drug application for ticagrelor, the proposed new antiplatelet drug for patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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